[Cialug] gigabit ethernet

Tue Aug 23 12:40:51 CDT 2005

On Tuesday 23 August 2005 12:16 pm, n.d wrote:
> anyone know what to look for in a gigabit ethernet card? never really
> looked that close at ethernet cards before. after all there cant be that
> much different between one and another. i pretty much just want to get
> as much performance out of it as i can.
>
> just got a new gigabit switch and need to upgrade a few machines to
> 10/100/1000

Well, although I have _no_ experience with Gigabit, I'd have to say go with a 
Tulip 21240 (Yes, I know DEC was murdered). On a serious note, I've heard 
that the Intel i8254x gigabit stuff is good. National, Realtek and SysKonnect 
are relatively common amongst cheap cards.

	Jonathan Kollasch