On Wed, 7 Dec 2016 00:36:15 +0000 Duncan Guthrie dguthrie@posteo.net wrote:
My original figure may have been... somewhat off. With different models they may have updated the network hardware.
They did not. All models with Ethernet use the same SMSC LAN9514 chip.
A more general point is that old desktop computers still offer better performance than a Raspberry Pi. You can easily get one for considerably less than the cost of a Pi
And pay more than the cost of a Pi in electricity.