Re: Gigabit Linux Server Bottlenecks

[Aaron Holtzman]

It would seem that David Schwartz ([e-mail]) said:
>   You are. It really is 1 billion bits per second. It can be full or
> half-duplex. Perhaps you are thinking of the bandwidth, which is 500Mhz.
>
Bandwidth is the same as Fast Ethernet (62.5 MHz). Instead, four pairs
are used, with 2 bits per symbol == 1000 Mbps.

The gory details are on http://www.iol.unh.edu/training/ge.html

cheers,
aaron