From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:50:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:50:40 -0400 Received: from chimta01.algx.net ([216.99.233.34]:50657 "EHLO chimta01.algx.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:50:36 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:59:28 -0700 From: Abe Hayhurst Subject: Best gigabit card for linux To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <001a01c13fed$ef3806f0$6c01a8c0@ABEPC> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Alan, I wanted to know your opinion as to which combination of gigabit cards (both fiber and copper) and drivers would yield the best performance (mostly transferring large files from server to client, but also latency) in Linux. I am not a programmer, a kernel tweaker, or a driver developer. I need a card that either has a driver that comes with Red Hat Linux 7.1 or is easy to install and needs minimal tweaks to the driver. I am currently considering cards from 3Com (Alteon), Broadcom, Intel, and SysKonnect. Thanks for your help, Abe Hayhurst