The gig ports are part of a switch. So dedicated bandwidth for each port. So if you are transferring between 2 Gigabit computers a third 10/100 wont slow the network down.
Its different from wireless where the slowest one drags the whole network down. On May 13, 2010 3:18 PM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <amar...@charter.net> wrote: I thought a ethernet network was limited by the slowest device on the network. With this new Netgear 3700, I have a 1 Gbps network between my wired PC (both with 1 Gbps adapters). So the green lights are on for them. I also have that Powerline network plugged in downstairs and the light shows 10/100 Mbps (amber). It's connected to the Tivo downstairs (which has a 10/100Mbps adapter built in). But I can move files between the two PCs at close to 500 Mbps. Why is that? I thought it was supposed throttle down to 100 Mbps. Is that not true? Apparently, its not, as the file transfer went much faster than I expected. It would truly be nice if all 1 Gbps devices on a shared network could transfer at that speed.
