Hey all, I currently have a router on-location w/ a Gbit inet line attached to it. It''s a 3c996-SX. Unfortunately, the driver support for this card is absolutely terrible (looks like 3com is being 100% unhelpful about it). Vendor-supplied hard-locks the box half the time on interface up, and the latest-n-greatest kernel driver works okay, until I push about 90mbit through it at which time it hard-locks the box right up. So, I figured since this list is the most likely to deal with people that push a lot of packets through Linux, and possible some via fiber I''d like to know if anyone has any recommendations on which NIC to buy to replace this thing. If it matters, the router is running on a Tyan Thunder LE which is Serverworks LE chipset. Kind of sad a good card like the 3c996 is ruined due to poor driver support. Sigh. Phil Doroff Five Elements, Inc. phil21@five-elements.com Phone:(763)595-9479 ICQ: 25285313 _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Phil Doroff wrote:> So, I figured since this list is the most likely to deal with people that > push a lot of packets through Linux, and possible some via fiber I''d like to > know if anyone has any recommendations on which NIC to buy to replace this > thing.I can heartily recommend the Netgear cards. We have one running, and the system happily pumps over 240mbit/s sustained for a few hours. Doei, Arthur. -- /\ / | arthurvl@sci.kun.nl | Work like you don''t need the money /__\ / | A friend is someone with whom | Love like you have never been hurt / \/__ | you can dare to be yourself | Dance like there''s nobody watching _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
Am Die, 2002-10-22 um 20.47 schrieb Phil Doroff:> So, I figured since this list is the most likely to deal with people that > push a lot of packets through Linux, and possible some via fiber I''d like to > know if anyone has any recommendations on which NIC to buy to replace this > thing.Intel e1000 using the e1000 driver from intel website. It works very nice on two servers which connect to a monitor port of a chassis layer 3 router. -- Torge Szczepanek <advrouting@szczepanek.de> _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/