"Chuck Forsberg" <caf@omen.com> wrote in message
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>I have XP on a 2.4 P4 talking to Fedora Core 3 on a 2.0 Celeron
> connected by 100 MHz Ethernet. XP accesses Samba shares on
> Linux.
>
> How much faster would Gigabit Ethernet?

Probably not much. You would probably due better to tune Samba.

> Does Linux support the cheap gigabit ethernet boards?

Yes.

DS