Some time back there was a discussion on debian-laptop over what the actual throughput of the so-called "10/100" cards was, on a 100 Mbit network. The Xircom website addresses this question: "Q: What is the difference between the RealPort CardBus Ethernet 10/100 and the RealPort Ethernet 10/100? A: The RBE-100 is a 32-bit Integrated PC Card which has higher performance, uses less power and includes power management advantages over the RE-100. The RBE-100 provides higher throughput with its 32-bit bus-mastering architecture which increases the data transfer speeds between the notebook and the network without burdening the PC's processor. It brings PCI-based performance to your CardBus-equipped notebook in both 10Mbps and 100Mbps network environments. CardBus 32-bit PC Cards (like the RBE-100) deliver up to 80Mbps networking speeds, while 16-bit PC Cards (like the RE-100) deliver a maximum of 20Mbps." http://www.xircom.com/cda/faq/products/0,1770,0-0-1_44Z0-0-1_1-224Z,00.html Drew (note I'm temporarily not subscribed to the list, so cc me or email me directly for more info, although I can't give any more than the URL above) -- PGP public key available at http://dparsons.webjump.com/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A
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