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For the last month, backups from all computers except two have been extremely slow, taking multiple days to complete (over a gigabit network). Netflix on my Media Center PC has also been exceptionally slow but the backup for that computer was normal speed. After reloading my home server and upgrading all NIC drivers I finally coorelated the fact that the two fast computers and the home server were on the same Netgear GS608 Switch. The switch was able to talk to every computer connected to it at full speed, but my new Cisco router baffled it. A temporary change to the 16 port LAN party switch fixed the problem, and a new Cisco switch is already on order. Let this be a lesson: the GS608 is racist.