# bridge ethernet port question
**URL:** https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611
**Category:** DACs
**Created:** [November 21, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611 "2013-11-21T04:38:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@shlomore](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/shlomore)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/1 "2013-11-21T04:38:31Z")
Hello,
can anyone tells me please if the ethernet port of the Bridge is 10/100 or Gigabit???
Thanks
Fabio
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/2 "2013-11-21T05:16:42Z")
10/100 ethernet, Not gigabit,
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### Author:  [@shlomore](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/shlomore)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/3 "2013-11-21T05:21:41Z")
Is there a reason for that??
I mean a 700 us $ for a 10/100 port…what a pity!!!
thx
Fabio
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### Author:  [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/4 "2013-11-21T07:41:53Z")
10/100 Ethernet is already much more than necessary for the task. Streaming music is not data intensive in the world of networked equipment.
GbE would provide only bragging rights and buzzword compliance. 🙂
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### Author:  [@stevem2](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevem2)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/5 "2013-11-21T08:47:10Z")
If there is ever a Bridge Mk II it might make sense to go gigabit just for marketing purposes (I hate to suggest technical overkill but others have raised the same question and it may have affected some purchasers).
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### Author:  [@shlomore](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/shlomore)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/6 "2013-11-21T08:58:37Z")
i totally agree!!! =D\>
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### Author:  [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2013, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/7 "2013-11-21T10:33:11Z")
Yes while complete unnecessary overkill, marketing may make it worthwhile.
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### Author:  [@mariankiely](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/mariankiely)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/8 "2013-11-22T07:21:34Z")
@elk
Although the specs support this, moving users to gb switches from 10/100 has cured some network issues for streamers with drops and loss of conneCtion to bridge.
Why, is not an option here. :-?
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### Author:  [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/9 "2013-11-23T10:45:06Z")
This is completely believable if you have a network with issues; 10% of 1,000 is greater than 10% of 100.
And perfect if you need 30.
Note, however, this has absolutely nothing to do with the Bridge ever needing, or using, the throughput of GbE.
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### Author:  [@mariankiely](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/mariankiely)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/10 "2013-11-23T14:27:50Z")
Correct. The Bridge itself is 10/100, but the more securely you can get packets back AND forth from it the better.
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### Author:  [@Maniac](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Maniac)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bridge-ethernet-port-question/611/11 "2013-11-24T14:45:32Z")
It’s simply because architecture which the bridge is built around have no giga ethernet availability. It is low power architecture suited for multimedia usage.