Let me rephrase the thing about Airport... I wouldn't be using an Airport connection, but rather the Airport base station as a router (if needed)... Does the Airport support gigabit routing?

I'm looking into firewire routing, but gigabit should be faster correct? 400mbits vs 1000mbits? Since I have gigabit installed on my PowerBook already All I need is a PCI gigabit card for my B&W... Is there anything else needed? Can I connect the PowerBook and B&W directly with a gigabit cable, or do I need to go through a gigabit hub ($$$)?

I will be running the B&W with OSX (just wanted to mention that there was the option of running OS9). How would I set it up so that the B&W would use the built in network card (and an associated IP address) for all network communications... and the PCI gigabit for only transfers to/from my PowerBook?

Thank you again for the information!

-Todd...