[ixp1200] 1 gigabit port support on microengines

Hi All, I am a newbie to this group and apologise if this has been asked before. 1) The IXP200 SDk tutorial ( for the packet count example) says that 8 threads are needed for one gigabit port. It does not specify if 8 threads are needed for receive and 8 threads are needed for send or 8 threads are needed to support one gigabit port (i.e receive and send). 2) I intend to write code to support one gigabit port ( and no 10/100 ports). Do I need to have 4 microengines dedicated for receive/transmit alone? ( 2 for sending + 2 for receiving)? thanks! -Dinesh _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963