[gentoo-user] Recommended GB NIC

[gentoo-user] Recommended GB NIC

[Michael Madden]

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?

Thanks.
Mike

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Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended GB NIC

[Bob Sanders]

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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