[Cialug] best supported/performing Ethernet adapter?

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I've always had good luck with Intel 100 and Intel 1gb cards...

On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 11:21, Dave Weis wrote:
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > I asked based on the rumors about the quality of their compiler -  I 
> > won't be afraid of their drivers.
> > 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.
> 
> I have 6-10 eepro100 cards here, lightly used.
> dave
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From:* John.Lengeling at radisys.com [mailto:John.Lengeling at radisys.com]
> > *Sent:* Monday, June 13, 2005 10:40 AM
> > *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > *Cc:* 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'; cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> > *Subject:* RE: [Cialug] best supported/performing Ethernet adapter?
> > 
> > 
> > I wouldn't put Realtek in a server, but for a home machine, it is just 
> > fine and very cheap.
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > johnl
> > 
> > 
> > *"Nathan C. Smith" <smith at ipmvs.com>*
> > Sent by: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> > 
> > 06/13/2005 10:29 AM
> > Please respond to
> > Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
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> > 	RE: [Cialug] best supported/performing Ethernet adapter?
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> > 
> > Realtek does OK until you pound on it with something like video+file 
> > transfers.
> >  
> > Does Intel write/contribute their own Linux driver?
> >  
> >  
> > -----Original Message-----*
> > From:* John.Lengeling at radisys.com [mailto:John.Lengeling at radisys.com] *
> > Sent:* Monday, June 13, 2005 10:17 AM*
> > To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group*
> > Subject:* Re: [Cialug] best supported/performing Ethernet adapter?
> > 
> > 
> > cialug-bounces at cialug.org wrote on 06/11/2005 10:11:46 PM:
> > 
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > I think it is a true statement that not all Ethernet cards and their 
> > drivers
> >  > are equal.  My sense is that the inexpensive realtek and VINE chips/cards
> >  > depend more on well-written drivers than intelligence built into the
> >  > chips/cards.  Can anyone recommend a well-performing 100 megabit card 
> > with
> >  > good Linux support?  Are 3Com and Intel cards good choices?
> > 
> > Intel seems to be the best for:
> > 
> > - performance
> > - multiple OS support
> > - leading edge features like jumbo packet, VLAN, QOS
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > 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 
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