Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Gigabit ethernet

[Eric Blossom]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 01:13:26AM -0800, John Gilmore wrote:
> > -max data rate ~750Mb/s, the rest is lost as signaling overhead
> 
> True.  But they don't exist on very many laptops, and it would be a
> lot more work to make it ramp down to do the 100 Mbit Ethernet PHY
> when plugged into one.  

> I've only seen GigE on Apple laptops so far, though I haven't looked
> very hard.

It's been available on IBM laptops for the last year or so.  It's
about a $40 option at order time.

Eric