by Network / USB / SCSI – speeds.
If like me you’ve started to get a little lost in all the various network, cabling and WiFi options you might be interested in this short comparison of the various cable types.
Cable Type – Speed
USB 1: 1.5 Mb/s - 12 Mbs USB 2: 480 Mb/s Firewire 1: 100-400 Mb/s Firewire 2: 400-1200 Mb/s
Ethernet / Network
10BaseT: 10 Mbs 100BaseT: 100 Mbs Gigabit: 1000 Mbs Wifi 802.11 2 Mbs 802.11a 54 Mbs "upto" First standard 802.11b 5.5 & 11 Mbs "upto" Most common 802.11g 54 Mbs "upto" Not yet standardised Bluetooth 1 Mbs "upto" Modem .052 Mbs ISDN .064 Mbs ADSL .5 - 2 Mbs download, 0.256 Mbs upload T1 1.5 Mbs T3 = 28 T1 lines!
Just for interest, here are assorted SCSI and IDE speeds too:
SCSI-1 5 Mbs SCSI-2 10 Mbs SCSI-3/Ultra 20 Mbs Ultra2 40 Mbs Fast Wide 20 Mbs Ultra Wide 40 Mbs Ultra2 Wide 80 Mbs Ultra 160 160 Mbs ATA/EIDE 133 Mbs Serial ATA 150 Mbs
Now I know there are all sorts of variables in these speeds, but these do give you a baseline comparison.