[Cialug] best supported/performing Ethernet adapter?

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I bought my intel gb cards new for $25.00 a piece. Search froogle with
the following criteria:

intel 100/1000 ethernet nic


On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 11:26, David Champion wrote:
> Realtek chips aren't as bad as they used to be... but I would get 
> something better for a server.
> 
> I haven't seen anything recently, but the Netgear Gigabit-over-copper 
> cards were supposed to be about the fastest available, and only cost 
> about $30.
> 
> The only "name brand" cards I really don't like are 3com... mostly 
> because of the crappy and over priced later generation 3c905 cards. The 
> 3c595 cards were rock-solid, after that they went down hill.
> 
> -dc
> 
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > Realtek does OK until you pound on it with something like video+file
> > transfers.
> >  
> > Does Intel write/contribute their own Linux driver?
> >  
> >  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John.Lengeling at radisys.com [mailto:John.Lengeling at radisys.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:17 AM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] best supported/performing Ethernet adapter?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > cialug-bounces at cialug.org wrote on 06/11/2005 10:11:46 PM:
> > 
> > 
> >>
> >>I think it is a true statement that not all Ethernet cards and their
> > 
> > drivers
> > 
> >>are equal.  My sense is that the inexpensive realtek and VINE chips/cards
> >>depend more on well-written drivers than intelligence built into the
> >>chips/cards.  Can anyone recommend a well-performing 100 megabit card with
> >>good Linux support?  Are 3Com and Intel cards good choices?
> > 
> > 
> > Intel seems to be the best for: 
> > 
> > - performance 
> > - multiple OS support 
> > - leading edge features like jumbo packet, VLAN, QOS 
> > 
> > We use a lot of their 1000G dual fiber and dual copper server cards with
> > Linux.  They also seem to regularly update their driver several times per
> > year for bug fixes and improvements. 
> > 
> > You get what you pay for...all will pass ethernet packets around, but you
> > pay more money to get higher performance, better drivers, leading edge
> > features.  I use Realteks at home since I need some to just pass packets.
> 
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