[NTLUG:Discuss] Wireless Home Network

[Steve Baker]

David Simmons wrote:

> 1).  Am I missing the point...or do you mean Gigabit networking - rather
> than GHz?

Yeah - sorry.  My bad.  Gigabit.

> 2).  You're running into that 'ceiling' (flying term - thought
> appropriate) not because of CPU or RAM...but because of the limitations
> on PCI bus contention.  You need to wait until the PCI-X or, better yet,
> the PCI-Express become the standard - which can/will have a dedicated
> bus for network - then Gigabit network will REALLY fly - irregardless of
> CPU or RAM...

Yeah - that could be.  PCI-Express is on our "to do" list...we'll need it
anyway because that's the way the next-gen graphics cards are going.

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