Multi-port ethernet card

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 06:48 -0500, vu pham wrote:
>> Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>> > Anyone using multi-port twisted pair ethernet cards in a 2.6 kernel
>> > Linux environment? I see a few out there (Cisco, dlink, apple,
>> > supermicro, aei). Both of the 10/100 and the 1000 Mbit variety. Any
>> > suggestions as to a good one that has been used? My goal is to be able
>> > to get data out of network switches as quickly as possible so that some
>> > network devices with inadequate buffering resources are least likely to
>> > have an issue. The switches offer some buffering. But I am finding it
>> > inadequate. The data arrives based on some measurement speed that cannot
>> > be changed. Opinions welcome.
>> >
>>
>> I used the Intel Pro 1000MT Quad Port and had no problem with it. I do
>> not have that server any more so I don't know which linux kernel I had
>> on that server, but googling shows links on how to use that card - and
>> new ones - with Linux 2.6.
>
> We have used intel pro 1000 on other cards as well as supermicro mbs,
> and they have worked well. So, we have one vote for that card.

2nd vote for Intel.  Their NICs are the gold standard.


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