<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I wouldn't put Realtek in a server,
but for a home machine, it is just fine and very cheap.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">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>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Realtek does OK until you pound
on it with something like video+file transfers.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Does Intel write/contribute their
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<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<b><br>
From:</b> John.Lengeling@radisys.com [mailto:John.Lengeling@radisys.com]
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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>
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cialug-bounces@cialug.org wrote on 06/11/2005 10:11:46 PM:<br>
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> 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>
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Intel seems to be the best for:</tt></font><font size=3> <br>
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- 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>
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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>
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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>
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