From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicholas Erkert Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:38:54 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] the "cisco vs. Linux" thread Message-Id: <40EDBEEE.6080202@erkert.com> List-Id: References: <20040708193300.GA30890@mabeys.dsl.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <20040708193300.GA30890@mabeys.dsl.aros.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org Glen Mabey wrote: > On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:07:57PM -0400, Jos? Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa wrote: > >>you can use an Athlon >>64 with DDR RAM and very good network hardware (that is very, very >>important) > > > Regarding NICs, are there any recommendations out there for which > manufacturers to go with? I don't need anything faster than 100baseT. > > I would think that Intel and 3Com would be in the "reliable" category, > and RTL-based cards in the "forget it" category. > > On the Intel note, I wonder what experience y'all have had with the two > different drivers for the EtherExpressPro/100 card. That is, eepro100 > versus e100. I would think that noone would take the time to rewrite a > driver if there wasn't anything wrong with the original one. > > Thank you-- > Glen Mabey > I have had some good luck with Intel cards using either drivers. I haven't noticed much difference between them but I haen't done a lot of stress testing on them. On a side note has anyone built a linux router with dual/quad port ethernet cards (ie Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter)? _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/