Multi-port ethernet card

[Steve Jardine]

3rd vote for the Intel Pro 1000MT. They work well..





On Tue, 27 May 2008 06:49:23 -0700
"Lonni J Friedman" <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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