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Israel T
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Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Diff between Gigabit cards and switches?? |
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| Quote: | A Gigabit card is the next big buzz in desktop computing. It's an
addon device that allows coputing with up to 1024 bits instead of the
32 or 64bit of modern CPUs. But it takes so much power that you need
a new Gigabit (power-)switch to handle it in your PC.
Bad boy. You should of known better. Its not a good idea to help
students asking things in this newsgroup. Reason for it is below.
Does it sound correct to you?
Of course its correct, and you should read other things I've written
about homework assignments in this group lately.
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He is just jealous that he does not have a Gigabit switch in his computer
to toggle the cpu into 1024 bit mode. |
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Alex Colvin
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Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Diff between Gigabit cards and switches?? |
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| Quote: | I want to know the difference between Gigabit cards and switches??
similar to the difference between light bulbs and light switches
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but different from the difference between light years and light
housekeeping |
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Ketil Malde
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:42 am Post subject:
Re: Diff between Gigabit cards and switches?? |
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abhisek.chaudhuri@gmail.com writes:
| Quote: | YKhan, I dont hv ne idea except switches. I hv worked on switches but
dint know wht a Gigabiot card is or when it is used or wht it is??
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I think the answers you have gotten so far are talking about something
entirely different. You are of course discussing *computer equipment*,
right?
As you probably know, Gigabite is a well-known brand for, among other
things, motherboards and graphics cards. That's probably what you're
thinking of, right? So their cards are used e.g. when you assemble
your own computer.
In the old days, these cards were configured with DIP switches, but
this is an old technology now, and the so-called Gigabite switches are
replaced by flash memory. Some people will still try to push Gigabite
switch-based equipement, but avoid this at all cost. Make it clear
that you prefer some other brand, like MSI or Asus instead!
| Quote: | So I want a general comparision between two?? If there are ne links plz
post.
And plz ppl, am not a student. The prob is I dont work in H/W so dont
hv a lot of idea abt these things.
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You seem to have a problem with your phone line, many characters have
simply dropped out. Maybe you should look into upgrading your network
equipment?
HTH, HAND.
-kzm
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If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants |
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Israel T
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:03 am Post subject:
Re: Diff between Gigabit cards and switches?? |
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| Quote: | similar to the difference between light bulbs and light switches
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Gigabit cards emit light when a sufficently high voltage is passed through them.
This property can be used to make gigabit optoelectronic switches.
The NSA has a farm of gigabit switches run at 100,000 volts.
( Liquid helium cooling of course ). These form phased arrays of far-ultraviolet lasers
that are being used to communicate with free-enterprise minded aliens in Alpha Centauri.
To maintain secrecy, the switches have been mounted on mobile protoplasmic
platforms ( farm animals ). This has the advantage that array reconfigurations can be
disguised as the casual wandering of animals.
If you see a flock of glowing geese with circuitry sticking out of their bums,
ignore them. It is just an equipment redeployment.
In fact if you show too much attention, you could be in line for "Alien Abduction"
(actually abduction by NSA operatives ) and brainwashing.
The so called mad cow disease scare was because a cow was sent to slaughter with the gigabit
switch still mounted in her. ( I leave it to your imagination ...)
The simplest way to arrange a nationwide recall of cows was to make up a
fairy story about prions.
I may have said too much.
I can see a bunch of rabbits heading towards me, wearing NSA headbands.... |
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CJT
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:40 am Post subject:
Re: Diff between Gigabit cards and switches?? |
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Alex Colvin wrote:
| Quote: | I want to know the difference between Gigabit cards and switches??
similar to the difference between light bulbs and light switches
but different from the difference between light years and light
housekeeping
more like light green vs the light brigade |
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Yousuf Khan
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:40 am Post subject:
Re: Diff between Gigabit cards and switches?? |
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abhisek.chaudhuri@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | GUys,
Thx Cristoph.
YKhan, I dont hv ne idea except switches. I hv worked on switches but
dint know wht a Gigabiot card is or when it is used or wht it is??
So I want a general comparision between two?? If there are ne links plz
post.
And plz ppl, am not a student. The prob is I dont work in H/W so dont
hv a lot of idea abt these things.
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I think the reason why people might be making fun of you in here is
because you're in the wrong newsgroup, comp.arch. I'm not sure what
you're provisioning a gigabit ethernet card for, but I'll assume it's
for PCs. Therefore the proper place to ask this question would've been
in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking.
The other reason for people making fun of you, would be because you're
using all of these lame instant messenger chat-style shorthand words
like "plz ppl" or "hv ne". Those are usually associated with 14-year old
kids who can't spell. Remember in a newsgroup you're not expected to
come up with conversations in ten seconds or less.
Anyways to answer your question about gigabit ethernet cards, have you
done any Google searching for these cards yet? At least then you'll have
an idea of product names and you can ask specifically about how these
products compare to each other.
Yousuf Khan |
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