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<DIV><SPAN class=151304215-13062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
asked based on the rumors about the quality of their compiler - I won't be
afraid of their drivers.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=151304215-13062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
a mini-itx machine at home (RHINE Ethernet Chip) with a lot of disk space on
it. I was copying video to it at the same time I was playing video from it
and it started to balk after a couple hours. It does fine most of the
time, but apparently sometimes, I ask too much of it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=151304215-13062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>-Nate</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John.Lengeling@radisys.com
[mailto:John.Lengeling@radisys.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 13, 2005 10:40
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Central Iowa
Linux Users Group'; cialug-bounces@cialug.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Cialug]
best supported/performing Ethernet adapter?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>I wouldn't put Realtek in a server, but for a home
machine, it is just fine and very cheap.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Yes Intel writes their own driver. You can get the source code from
their website. I was talking with one of our engineers and he is very
impressed with the Intel driver. The common code is clearly separated from
the OS specific code so porting the driver to new OSs is very easy.
</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>johnl</FONT> <BR><BR><BR>
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<TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Nathan C. Smith"
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<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>06/13/2005 10:29 AM</FONT>
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>RE: [Cialug] best
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color=blue size=2>Realtek does OK until you pound on it with something like
video+file transfers.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
color=blue size=2>Does Intel write/contribute their own Linux driver?</FONT>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<B><BR>From:</B>
John.Lengeling@radisys.com [mailto:John.Lengeling@radisys.com] <B><BR>Sent:</B>
Monday, June 13, 2005 10:17 AM<B><BR>To:</B> Central Iowa Linux Users
Group<B><BR>Subject:</B> Re: [Cialug] best supported/performing Ethernet
adapter?<BR></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><TT><BR>cialug-bounces@cialug.org wrote on
06/11/2005 10:11:46 PM:<BR><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I think it is a true
statement that not all Ethernet cards and their drivers<BR>> are equal.
My sense is that the inexpensive realtek and VINE chips/cards<BR>>
depend more on well-written drivers than intelligence built into the<BR>>
chips/cards. Can anyone recommend a well-performing 100 megabit card
with<BR>> good Linux support? Are 3Com and Intel cards good
choices?</TT></FONT><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><FONT size=2><TT><BR>Intel seems to
be the best for:</TT></FONT><FONT size=3> <BR></FONT><FONT size=2><TT><BR>-
performance</TT></FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT size=2><TT><BR>- multiple OS
support</TT></FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT size=2><TT><BR>- leading edge
features like jumbo packet, VLAN, QOS</TT></FONT><FONT size=3> <BR></FONT><FONT
size=2><TT><BR>We use a lot of their 1000G dual fiber and dual copper server
cards with Linux. They also seem to regularly update their driver several
times per year for bug fixes and improvements.</TT></FONT><FONT size=3>
<BR></FONT><FONT size=2><TT><BR>You get what you pay for...all will pass
ethernet packets around, but you pay more money to get higher performance,
better drivers, leading edge features. I use Realteks at home since I need
some to just pass
packets._______________________________________________<BR>Cialug mailing
list<BR>Cialug@cialug.org<BR>http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug<BR></TT></FONT><BR></BODY></HTML>