Mulithoming..

[Justin Zygmont]

ah, I hate mixing up bits and bytes, that's not bad anyways.


On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Ralph Doncaster wrote:

> *sigh*
> (64bits/(8bits/byte)) * 66.6Mhz = 533MBytes/sec = 4266mbps.
> 
> Ralph Doncaster, IStop.com president
> 6042147 Canada Inc.
> 
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> 
> > that's the thing, I read somewhere that 64 bit 66Mhz PCI was only
> > 533Mbps/sec, and AGP 4x was just barely enough for 1000Mbps/sec.  Not sure
> > how true this still is, has anyone ever been lucky enough to use a card
> > like this?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
> >
> > > Not just a fast PC, but a fast bus too.  Standard 33Mhz/32-bit PCI can't
> > > handle full-duplex GigE.
> > >
> > > Ralph Doncaster, IStop.com president
> > > 6042147 Canada Inc.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> > >
> > > > oh ya. and I guess you could never get the full speed of the NIC since
> > > > they're using the same cable.  Also, speaking about NICs, I just saw a
> > > > 1000BaseT ethernet card for only about $40, must take a fast PC to be able
> > > > to transfer that fast.
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