[Cialug] OT: Gigabit speeds (was Gigabit NICs)

[Nathan C. Smith]

I wonder if you could ever really approach a gigabit from any machine.
Anybody have any concrete data?

We did some multicast imaging of desktop machines with gigabit adapters and
hit over 100 mb/s (106 iirc) and I thought that was excellent.  The only way
I could imagine going faster would be direct from memory but then there is
the lousy desktop bus.

I seem to recall some gigabit adapters have their own Southbridge, or node
on some motherboards.  What is the speed of a PCI or PCI/x bus like?

-Nate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Porter [mailto:atporter at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:18 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Gigabit NICs
> 
> 
> On 11/13/06, jcbailey at code0.net <jcbailey at code0.net> wrote:
> > Other than that, the PRO/1000s sound great so far. We can 
> get them for 
> > $31 from CDWG so it isn't too bad of a deal.
> 
> Those look like the desktop adapters. Depending on what 
> you're looking for, they might be a good fit but you won't be 
> able to push a full gig/sec. No complaints about 
> drivers/stability/compatability though. 
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