On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 12:57, Harris, Jason wrote: > ditto .. > > Everone *says* they have world class 10/100 cards, but how many really talk > to each other at that speed reliably ? When I am doing an daily backup > transfers the line runs ~ 85-90 MB for an hour, I've had too many cards drop > down to 10 or half duplex (eh!) or re-autonegotiate every couple of minutes > or so. Some cards just don't do 100 or f/d at all with certain devices on > the other end.
I was having terrible problems with the built-in 10/100's in my Dell 620's, but it turned out to be an autonegociation problem caused by a netgear 10/100 hub. A few days ago, I swapped the hubs out for 5-port linksys workgroup switches and now get 90Mbs sustained full-duplex. I suspect that in most cases, the NIC's are not the problem -- its the hubs/switches and/or network configuration. There's probably very little difference between the intel and 3com cards. I do highly recommend the linksys 5-port switches for small networks. T. > Intel nics are ok; they are scads better than realtek (don't get me started > on those) linksys or dlink cheapies. 3coms will save you some extra hair > pulling when your 100MB or 1000MB network is suddenly performing like a > 10/half-duplex network running a windows server. 3com has some low-ends; > I'd stay away from those too. I would stick with 905B or above. > > What are peoples experiences with switches ? For the office where the co. > pays, I would have to recommend cisco for the same reasons. But for the > soho or home network, cisco is not cost feasible. How well do small > switches scale ? How many devices/traffic to saturate ? > > Jason Harris > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Cichy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:41 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: 100mbit nic: intel or 3com? > > > Victor, > > IMHO (and this might get me flamed), 3com. I have tried a lot of other cards > > and I have found that 3com's are well supported (by both linux and doze) and > > just seem to keep running. 3com's are usually more expensive then the > others, > but I feel the extra cost is worth having less aggravation. > > John > > On Friday 01 February 2002 11:40, Victor Julien wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to build a debian based router/gateway/fileserver/mailserver for a > > home network with 12 clients. It will be quite low budget as the server is > > a Pentium 166Mhz. I want the network to be 100mbit fullduplex, so I want > to > > buy a Nic for the server. Which one is best for maximum performance and > > stability? Intel, 3com, SMC or just a cheap Realtek? I think the nic > should > > be using the cpu as little as possible... > > > > Thanks for your advice, > > > > Victor Julien > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
