Re: I know just enough to be completely lost

Thank you for such a thorough response. We have been file sharing but the stations are connected through our office server. Just wondering, you said,
"- Connect both workstations to each other with GigE, this can be direct or through a switch. As long as they can ping each others IP addresses you're good."
Does that mean, if I use a switch, I could add additional stations and keep the same speed or will it slow down?

Also,
"you can use jumbo frames and add a GigE HBA"
does that mean, a special card in the stations? Or is that just a setting somwhere?

Thanks again.