Gnu-Raiz wrote:
On 01:27, Tue 16 Aug 05, Anders Breindahl wrote:
On Monday 15 August 2005 23:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:54:40PM +0200, Jan Schledermann wrote:
A safe bet is a card with a realtek chip. It works well and is not
expensive.
Yeah. It's safe in the same way that a Pinto was safe in a rear end
collision. Seriously, Realtek are the *cheapest* and *worst* possible
chips. If you want anything approaching reliable, then don't get them.
If you want something that will not hog your CPU under heavy load, then
don't get a realtek. Really, 3COM is the way to go. Failing that,
maybe Intel, though I am not as familiar with their newer hardware.
-Roberto
Please educate me: What exactly determines a NIC's reliability? What defines
its effectiveness?
Regards, Anders Breindahl.
This was a test done a few years ago but I still think it's
a good source for information.
http://www.cs.uni.edu/~gray/gig-over-copper/gig-over-copper.html
Cpu nic usage is a little moot, with dual core chips, the
real question now becomes of what drivers are the best under
*nix. You get into all this free vs nofree drivers, such as
the broadcom kernel drivers.
Someone should write a current status report of current
drivers and their freeness, that way a person can determine
which one is the best.
That's exactly what I was looking for - and haven't found. I may try
getting in touch with Mr. Garzik to see if he can shed any further light
on this subject.
Daniel
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