yup to all. remember that gig nics also help in 100mb-only networks as well, without jumbo frames or such. -- Okan Demirmen <okan at demirmen.com> PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB3670934 PGP-Fingerprint: 226D B4AE 78A9 7F4E CD2B 1B44 C281 AF18 B367 0934