Netgear GA620 White Paper on Performance - Page 1

White Paper on GA620/GA620T Gigabit Ethernet Card Performance Gigabit Ethernet adapters represent the next step in the evolution of network performance. The widespread adoption of Fast Ethernet at the desktop has created a bottleneck at the server, specifically at the Server adapter. Some companies have created Server adapters with multiple 100 Mbps connections, while others have populated several PCI slots with 100 Mbps adapters to boost Server bandwidth beyond Fast Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet delivers performance beyond these aggregation band -aids, by delivering speeds approaching 1 Gbps. Network Configurations Due to the fact that Servers benefit most from Gigabit speeds, the adapter card drivers are optimized for that environment. In most ne tworks, the server distributes information to multiple clients. For this reason, the driver has been optimized to perform best in a one-to-many environment. Using the test program