From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:26:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:26:30 -0400 Received: from femail6.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.86]:30917 "EHLO femail6.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:26:21 -0400 Message-ID: <3BBA7767.C99059CB@home.com> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 19:26:47 -0700 From: Seth Goldberg X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Colin Frank CC: Abe Hayhurst , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Best gigabit card for linux In-Reply-To: <001a01c13fed$ef3806f0$6c01a8c0@ABEPC> <3BAC153A.4060700@osafo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I ordered 2 NSC-based giga ethernet cards (copper) and I was able to get 54.4 Megabytes/s sustained (between an amd athlon 1200 MHz and an athlon 1000 MHz) on kernel v2.4.5. Since these card cost $45 each, i HIGHLY recommend them. The actualy manufacturer is a company called Cameo in Taiwan. --Seth Colin Frank wrote: > > In the following test. I was able to achieve close to 40 MegaBytes > per second using the packet engines Hamachi driver. > > http://www.linuxcare.com/labs/sol-val/3w-esc6800-web.epl > Test done with: > Packet engines Hamachi card > 3ware escalade 6800 > 2.2.16 kernel. > Cisco 6500 > 10 - 20 client machines each with eepro100 cards > > Colin... > > Abe Hayhurst wrote: > > >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 > > > >- > >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/