Gigabit transfer speeds

Only if the G series computers had gigabit ethernet ports on them which i highly doubt

You certainly gain speed if all your equipement are connected via a GE link.

But that said, GE equipement that are under the 1000$ price range won't have wired speed GE. You will need more sophisticated equipement to really get wired speed. For example, core network equipement that have GE capability can cost around 5000$/port to really obtain that speed. Those equipement uses hardware chips to speed up the packet forwarding.

Less sophisticated equipement uses CPU to obtain parts of that, which is less performant.

So, answer is yes, but don't expect to transfert 10 Gig in 10 seconds!

jamesB said:

G4 iBook connected via wireless
G4 PowerBook connected via wireless
Synology NAS with gigabit capability, connected to the router via ethernet cable.

This is all working for me, and handles my backups and inter-computer chores well.
My question here is, if I were to upgrade my router to a gigabit capable unit, would I get better transfer speeds to and from the NAS unit. in other words would my backups see any boost in speed?

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As long as you are connecting wirelessly, no. Your real-world Airport bandwidth is sooooo far below 100BaseT Ethernet that it woldn't make an appreciable difference to take the last 36 inches at Gigabit speed.

In terms of wired Ethernet speeds,
G4 PowerBook -- Gb Ethernet was introduced in Oct 2001, so only the first model Titaniums did not have it

G4 iBook - The iBooks only ever had 10/100BASE-T Ethernet

Having said all that, the consumer level (under $800) Gigabit router with the best throughput seems to be the D-Link DIR-655, which has Wireless N and a Gigabit switch in one unit -- I have one here to set up at home this weekend.

Thanks everyone, sounds to me that it would not be worth investing anymore into my existing setup.
I'll run with what I've got and just be thankful that it's all working well together.
This Synology DS107e Nas enclosure sure was a piece of cake to get up and running.
10 minutes to install my seagate sata II drive and about 15 more minutes to format and come online.
I like the way I can access it from outside using FTP and another nice feature is the way you can download files to it with your computer shut down.
Many more cool features, but I've said enough already, someone might get the idea I'm affiliated in some way to Synology, not so, just a real happy camper.

jb.

What about Apple's new Gigabit supported AEBS?

Mississauga said:

What about Apple's new Gigabit supported AEBS?

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This won't resolved the problem that most of his computers are connected via Airport B/G speed and won't be able to get much more faster than they are today.