RE: 100mbit nic: intel or 3com?
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:john@greengator.com]
> 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
>
>
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