D-Link DES-1526 - Manual (Page 10)

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Gigabit Ethernet Technology
Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet utilizing
the same packet structure, format, and support for CSMA/CD
protocol, full-duplex, flow control, and management objects, but
with a tenfold increase in theoretical throughput over 100Mbps
Fast Ethernet and a one hundred-fold increase over 10Mbps
Ethernet. Since it is compatible with all 10Mbps and 100Mbps
Ethernet environments, Gigabit Ethernet provides a
straightforward upgrade without wasting a company's existing
investment in hardware, software, and trained personnel. The
increased speed and extra bandwidth offered by Gigabit Ethernet
are essential to coping with the network bottlenecks that
frequently develop as computers and their busses get faster and
more users use applications that generate more traffic. Upgrading
key components, such as your backbone and servers to Gigabit
Ethernet can greatly improve network response times as well as
significantly speed up the traffic between your sub-networks.
Gigabit Ethernet enables support for video conferencing, complex
imaging, and similar data-intensive applications. Likewise, since
data transfers occur 10 times faster than Fast Ethernet, servers
outfitted with Gigabit Ethernet NIC's are able to perform 10 times
the number of operations in the same amount of time. In addition,
the phenomenal bandwidth delivered by Gigabit Ethernet is the
most cost-effective method to take advantage of today and
tomorrow's rapidly improving switching and routing
internetworking technologies.