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Re: 1Gbps full duplex = 2 Gigs of data (1Gig in each direction)?

 
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cko015
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1Gbps full duplex = 2 Gigs of data (1Gig in each direction)?

I have a general throughput question, if I have a 1 Gbps full duplex link, that means that I can send 1 Gbps and receive 1 Gbps, so does this mean I have a maximum of 2Gb of data travelling per second as long as I don't expect to exceed 1G in each direction? Or is it less?

Also the same for T1 full? Does this mean 1.54Mbps in both directions at a time, so this is 3Mbps maximum?
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Cameron Todd
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Re: 1Gbps full duplex = 2 Gigs of data (1Gig in each direction)?

I don't know what T1 is, but I believe your supposition is correct about 1Gbps full duplex ethernet being 1 in each direction at the same time, as long as your switch hardware can support full wire-speed processing at the ports.
Matt Hobbs
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Re: 1Gbps full duplex = 2 Gigs of data (1Gig in each direction)?

It is the same for the T1, 1.54Mbps full duplex, both directions is ~3Mbps
rick jones
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Re: 1Gbps full duplex = 2 Gigs of data (1Gig in each direction)?

the theory says yes. 1gbit in each direction will and end-system at least will depend heavily on the I/O bus and cpu "oomph" in the system
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Sergej Gurenko
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Re: 1Gbps full duplex = 2 Gigs of data (1Gig in each direction)?

This question is about marketing vs technical bandwidth calculation. Depending from the situation you can count you like mostly. :)