Re: home network
Jason Majors wrote:
> Check out pricewatch.com (do a search for "isa nic"). I think the ISA ones
> are all 10Mbps, so make sure you get a dual-speed hub/switch. I suggest one
> with the NE2000 chip. I've had quite a few ne2k based cards and know that the
> Linux driver is excellent for it.
If I'm remembering my math correctly, an 8 mhz ISA bus can transfer a
theoretical maximum of 128 Mbits/sec. This is not much more than the
100 Mbits/sec maximum that 100BaseT can push. If there were any other
ISA cards on the bus they would starve each other for bandwidth.
So 100BaseT ISA cards were rarely made if ever. Instead most are PCI
which can do 1056 Mbits/sec, plenty for several 100BaseT network cards.
ISA: 16-bit * 8 mhz = 128 Mbit/sec = 16 MB/sec
PCI: 32-bit * 33 mhz = 1056 Mbit/sec = 132 MB/sec
AGP: 32-bit * 66 mhz * 4X = 8448 Mbit/sec = 1056 MB/sec
Makes me wonder how well Gigabit Ethernet cards work over PCI.
Shawn Yarbrough
shawn@nailstorm.com
P.S. plz correct if my math is wrong so I don't mislead anyone
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