Newbie question for network setup.

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Hey, i've got a rather simple network query, but I can't find the answer anywhere.

i'm thinking of setting up a home network using an old P1 to run the 'smoothwall' firewall.

But the pc's so old that it can only has room for an ISA NIC, and as far as i know the only ISA network cards are 10base-t.

If I were to set a network as follows:

[CENTER]Modem
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Smoothwall; 10base-t NIC
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10/100base-t Switch
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PC PC[/CENTER]

would the direct connection between the 2 pcs be 100mbit, or would the slower network card slow the whole network down?

Thanks in advance.
 
If that switch is 10/100 then the connection between the PCs will be 100Mbit.
 
There shouldn't be any problem with transfers between the PC's and the speed. It should be 100Mbit, assuming they both have 10/100 cards in them.

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