In comp.os.linux.networking "Andrew Balmos (abalmos)" <please@see.sig>:
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:55:59 -0600, L wrote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> Can some one please tell me:
>>
>> - does GbE mean each direction (half-duplex) can transfer 1 Gbit/sec, and

Is there half-duplex for GB?

>> full-duplex can transfer 2 Gbit/sec?

Theoretical, you probably want disks that can cope with
read/write at that speed.

>> - what wire speed (GByte/sec) is, and is it for half or full duplex?

> Ethernet can only send a packet one direction at a time (i.e. a packet can
> not be coming to the NIC and leaving the NIC at the same time) if that
> happens you have whats called a media collision in networking. So GbE

You should seriously think about upgrading your LAN equipment to
this century, full-duplex is more or less standard, allowing to
send/receive at the same time.

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