From: Bob Sanders <rmsand@concentric.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended GB NIC
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:30:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050714183018.50d72570@chi.speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42D70D10.7070601@cmsrtp.com>
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:10:40 -0500
Michael Madden <madden@cmsrtp.com> wrote:
> We have several Dell Precision workstations (530, 610,
> and 620 models) with 3Com 3c905 10/100 NICs. We'd like
> to upgrade the NICs to GB. Which GB PCI card would you
> recommend to work with Gentoo 2005.0 running Linux 2.6.12-gentoo-r4?
> Intel, Broadcom, 3Com?
>
Yes. They all work. The Broadcom Tigon3 will generally give higher
sustained throughput.
While I don't know, nor care about, the specific Dell models, if you don't have
a 64-bit 66 MHz slot for the GigE board, heavy use of the net port will cause
problems. The typical 32-bit 33 MHz bus will saturate with network transactions.
And that bus saturation can cause...umm...interesting system behavior.
Bob
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