Re: [Soekris] Gigabit on 5501-70?
On Mar 5, 2008, at 1:10 AM, Chris Babcock wrote: Lonnie Abelbeck wrote: I have been using a net5501-70 with an Intel Pro 1000 GT PCI card, using m0n0wall (FreeBSD) with good results. The card fits like a glove. You have to remove the 5501 board, connect the 1000 GT NIC, and then slide everything into the back panel of the case, re-attach the 5501 board. I did some quick throughput tests a few months back: http://forum.m0n0.ch/index.php/topic,875.msg3306.html#msg3306 Recommended. Were these tests done with TSO on or off for that card? TSO was not enabled. em0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=bRXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX full-duplex) status: active Lonnie ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Gigabit on 5501-70?
You might give a try to good Eth card, like Intel one, that do a lot of work (like checksumming) in hardware, while realtek chips often wait for the processor to do that. In that case, the Geode certainly won't be powerfull enough... Regards, On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:31 PM, John Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I want to use a 5501-70 in its default case as a firewall and lightweight fileserver (samba) running OpenBSD. I'd like to have have a gigabit connection to the main network. Does anyone have a recommendation for a gigabit card that is known to work (and fit in the case)? Many thanks John Cox ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Gigabit on 5501-70?
Hi Thanks all. I'll give the Intel 1000 GT a go. JC On Mar 4, 2008, at 5:31 AM, John Cox wrote: Hi I want to use a 5501-70 in its default case as a firewall and lightweight fileserver (samba) running OpenBSD. I'd like to have have a gigabit connection to the main network. Does anyone have a recommendation for a gigabit card that is known to work (and fit in the case)? Many thanks John Cox I have been using a net5501-70 with an Intel Pro 1000 GT PCI card, using m0n0wall (FreeBSD) with good results. The card fits like a glove. You have to remove the 5501 board, connect the 1000 GT NIC, and then slide everything into the back panel of the case, re-attach the 5501 board. I did some quick throughput tests a few months back: http://forum.m0n0.ch/index.php/topic,875.msg3306.html#msg3306 Recommended. Lonnie ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
Re: [Soekris] Gigabit on 5501-70?
nicodache wrote: You might give a try to good Eth card, like Intel one, that do a lot of work (like checksumming) in hardware, while realtek chips often wait for the processor to do that. In that case, the Geode certainly won't be powerfull enough... It's 32bit 33mhz pci, it will be faster than a 100Mb/s nic but it won't approach the performance of a gig nic in a pci-x or pci-e slot. If it's being used for convenience purposes or to squeeze out a bit more performance there's no reason not to do it. From a pure throughput perspective you would be disappointed. Regards, On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:31 PM, John Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I want to use a 5501-70 in its default case as a firewall and lightweight fileserver (samba) running OpenBSD. I'd like to have have a gigabit connection to the main network. Does anyone have a recommendation for a gigabit card that is known to work (and fit in the case)? Many thanks John Cox ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech ___ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
