Tom's Hardware: Topic "Ring Network"
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Gigabit, gotta love it and the cost that goes with it. You're giving yourself a headache with what you're trying to do. Don't bother, just use your 10/100 switch/hub. Even if you did manage to get that ring working, you'll see a small increase in your network speed, to the point where 1GB might transfer a few seconds faster on the gigabit over the megabit. Why? You're PC is going to bottle neck - flat out. You'll see a small increase, but after spending days messing with it, you'll find the increase not to be worthwhile. Currently the only time to use gigabit would be between servers where backups are transfering 8-10GB.
You can still try and amaze us though 
Riser
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