From: Nicholas Erkert <nick@erkert.com>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] the "cisco vs. Linux" thread
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 21:44:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40EDC03A.2040804@erkert.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040708193300.GA30890@mabeys.dsl.aros.net>
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)?
--Nick Erkert
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-08 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-08 19:33 [LARTC] the "cisco vs. Linux" thread Glen Mabey
2004-07-08 21:38 ` Nicholas Erkert
2004-07-08 21:44 ` Nicholas Erkert [this message]
2004-07-09 9:47 ` Jeff Green
2004-07-09 14:35 ` Alfie Viechweg
2004-07-10 22:51 ` Glen Mabey
2004-07-10 23:25 ` Glen Mabey
2004-07-11 0:36 ` Dmitry Golubev
2004-07-11 14:48 ` S Mohan
2004-07-11 17:15 ` James Sneeringer
2004-07-11 18:48 ` José Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
2004-07-12 7:18 ` przemolicc
2004-07-12 8:15 ` Abraham van der Merwe
2004-07-12 8:39 ` przemolicc
2004-07-12 9:33 ` przemolicc
2004-07-12 14:33 ` José Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
2004-07-12 15:48 ` Ed Wildgoose
2004-07-12 16:01 ` José Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
2004-07-13 7:22 ` Ed Wildgoose
2004-07-13 11:49 ` Alfie Viechweg
2004-07-13 13:44 ` Ed Wildgoose
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