CentOS - Dec 2010 - Dual or quad fast ethernet NICs (that work with CentOS)

Hi,

I am looking for dual or quad fast ethernet NICs that work with CentOS.
 There is no need for high performance so regular fast/pci is ok.
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On 28/12/10 13:13, robert mena wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for dual or quad fast ethernet NICs that work with CentOS.
>   There is no need for high performance so regular fast/pci is ok.
>
I have very good experiences with Intel PRO/1000 (aka. EtherExpress, if I'm 
not mistaken) cards in general, both the single NIC and dual NIC models. 
e1000 or e1000e drivers works flawlessly.  I would not expect quad-based cards 
of the similar type to be any problem either.

This is an extract from one of the firewalls I got, having 2xdual NIC cards:

0a:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet 
Controller (rev 03)
0a:02.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet 
Controller (rev 03)
0a:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet 
Controller (rev 03)
0a:03.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet 
Controller (rev 03)

These cards uses the e1000 driver.


kind regards,

David Sommerseth

On 12/28/10 4:13 AM, robert mena wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for dual or quad fast ethernet NICs that work with 
> CentOS.  There is no need for high performance so regular fast/pci is ok.
>
what bus interface?    almost all NIC's made today except the really 
bottom barrel ones are gigE, and quad gigE cards are only going to be on 
pci-X or PCI-Express-x4, not 32bit 33Mhz PCI.   Even quad 100baseT NICs 
were likely on 64bit 66Mhz PCI (compatible with PCI-X, but not desktop 
32bit 33Mhz PCI.

On Tuesday, December 28, 2010 07:13:22 am robert mena
wrote:
> I am looking for dual or quad fast ethernet NICs that work with CentOS.
>  There is no need for high performance so regular fast/pci is ok.
I have in a firewall box here a quad fastethernet board; lspci shows:
01:09.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev
41)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev
41)
02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev
41)
02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev
41)

This uses the 'tulip' driver, very common, and good performance.

I have another one, but this one uses the 21140 instead of the 21142.  Still the
tulip driver. Part number on it is 'COM-0040-50' or 123400-21-998,
googling gives me that it's a Sun part....it's 32-bit PCI.

The older Sun Quad Fast Ethernet (PCI) should also work fine; uses sunhme
driver, IIRC, which is in the vanilla C5 kernel (I just checked the latest
updated kernel; should be in all of them).  The ones I found on eBay (starting
at the high price of $9.99 free shipping) are 64-bit, but should work fine in a
32-bit slot, just slower.

Also, I have in hand a couple of dual-port boards made by Intel; Pro/100+ Dual,
part 711269-004; has two 82558B controllers and an Intel-sourced 21152 bridge
(32-bit PCI).  I have one of these in a CentOS 3 box, and it works fine.