Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong?

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Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@mail.gwi.net>
Date
14 Mar 1999 17:15:25
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Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong?
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199903150113.UAA23160@mail.gwi.net

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On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:46:07 -0800  Amancio Hasty wrote:
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> Not sure what the problem here is . Can a network chipset designer
> create a chipset with a concept of a program store? The answer is yes
> , if they chose to implement a sloppy design thats a different issue.

Amancio; How big do you envision the queues on a NIC card need to be
to handle a moderately loaded, full duplex gigabit ethernet?

Basically I think the answer is that the buffers and the logic get so
huge, the cost of the card would be prohibitive.

regards,
fletcher


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