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Optimizing Your Network Bandwidth

The speed of network connections depends on the type of equipment that you use. Try to use 
high-speed technologies for network connections with the heaviest traffic to avoid 
lower-speed bottlenecks. The following illustration shows a home network that includes many 
different connection speeds.

In this network, the two PCs with gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet adapters have a gigabit 
connection through the router to the storage server. With a high-speed router this connection 
allows for extremely fast backups or quick access to large files on the server. The PC 
connected through a pair of Powerline HD adapters is limited to the 200 Mbps speed of the 
Powerline HD connection. Although any of the links in this example would work for high-traffic 
applications such as streaming HD video, the use of older devices such as 10 Mbps Ethernet 
or 802.11b wireless would create a bottleneck.

In planning your network, think about which tasks will have the heaviest traffic flow between 
them. Examples are:

A media center in one room streaming high-definition video from a server in another room

A storage device that is used for backing up your computers