Gnu-Raiz wrote:
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.On 01:27, Tue 16 Aug 05, Anders Breindahl wrote:On Monday 15 August 2005 23:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:Please educate me: What exactly determines a NIC's reliability? What defines its effectiveness?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. -RobertoRegards, 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.
Daniel