ASUS AMD S939 nVidia nForce4 SLI A8N-SLI Deluxe

[imported_Duckman]

ASUS AMD S939 nVidia nForce4 SLI A8N-SLI Deluxe

It says this MB has Dual Gigabit LAN & AI NET2. What is it exactly? Does that mean that the board has 2 Ethernet cable conections?

Dual Gigabit LAN & AI NET2
The integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a network gateway for managing traffic between two separate networks. This capability ensures rapid transfer of data from WAN to LAN without any added arbitration or latency.
ASUS AI NET2 remotely detects cable connection the second you turn on the system, and any faulty connections are reported back up to 100 meters at 1 meter accuracy.

Also another question is regarding the switch/router. I am using DSL and have a small home network 2 -3 comps. I care about file transfer speeds so I dont think I want WiFi, because as far as I understand its half the speed of the ethernet. Am I correct? What is a good switch/router to get to connect my network to? I ask because I've had problems in the past with switch and modem with both beeing layer 3 was it apliances and fighting over which one of them gets to assign IPs. That was annoying. To tell the truth I dont understand what I am talking about when it comes to the layers, that was just explained to me so if anyone can clarify that would be cool.

 

[csamuels]

dual gigabit lan mean you have to onboard nics running gigabit ethernet.

I've heard about setups where wifi could operate at 104mbs. I think you need a special g router for it. however, i also heard of problems with backwards compatibility on the network. like another pc with a wireless b device logs on and all speed slows to 11mbs.

i use a netgear router at home. any soho router should do you good as long as you set it up right.