Qmaster and 1Gbit LAN

Will Qmaster works with a simple 1Gbit lan? I mean... is there a way to use 5 Macs to share a compressor rendering without having a Fiber Channel connection but just a simple lan comnection?
If yes, how should i configure qmaster controller, client and Compressor?
thank you.
Message was edited by: maxnix

well... seen that someone has answered me i have a lot of questions about this
first of all this is my hardware:
1 xserve
1 xride (where are stored proxy files and thumbnails for final cut server) connected to xserve via fiberchannel
2 mac pro connected via 1Gb lan
2 macbook connected via 1Gb lan
1 macbook pro connected via 1Gb lan
1 nas connected via 1Gb lan
this is the software:
compressor installed on all the MACs
final cut server installed on the xserve
we need this system to encode mov files and create flv video for internet streaming content; the FCS watches a folder in the NAS (where we save the mov files) and then creates the video assets and the flv files. the flv file created will then be moved to another folder (still by automations)
now a couple of issues:
1) I've followed all the instruction to create a distribuite processing, it works but it does distrbuite one job per processor and don't share a single job for all the processors... in this way it doesn't increase so much the transcoding speed.
2) I post this issue here but perhaps i should post it in another topic... anyway... the FCS watcher (particularly the automation that creates flv) suddenly starts to transcode all the file already transcoded. to make the situation worse, the FCS job monitor allows to cancel just one job at time... we have thousands of movs in that folder so you can understand how big the problem is
well, thats all
hoping that it will not be more difficult to understand my english than to solve the above issues
thank you a lot

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