From: "D. Stimits" <stimits@idcomm.com>
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Best gigabit card for linux
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 22:01:34 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BBA8D9E.74ECDE98@idcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001a01c13fed$ef3806f0$6c01a8c0@ABEPC> <3BAC153A.4060700@osafo.com> <3BBA7767.C99059CB@home.com>
Seth Goldberg wrote:
>
> 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.
Are those available in 64 bit pci slot format? I assume for that price
they run in 32 bit slots (which is no doubt a bottleneck on a real
gigabit).
D. Stimits, stimits@idcomm.com
>
> --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
> > >
> > >-
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-03 4:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-18 2:59 Best gigabit card for linux Abe Hayhurst
2001-09-22 4:36 ` Colin Frank
2001-09-22 6:44 ` Ben Greear
2001-09-22 20:39 ` Todd
2001-10-03 2:26 ` Seth Goldberg
2001-10-03 4:01 ` D. Stimits [this message]
2001-10-03 4:21 ` Dan Hollis
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