Get a 905b. Not a 905c. I always had better luck with the "b" revision. There are differences. "C" uses a different driver than "A" and "B", and I just was never the equal, IMHO.
Kev. -----Original Message----- From: Gustin Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:47 AM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Good network card -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Glazer wrote: > I'm looking for stability and consistency and we are still in the > process of testing using EL5 and the new kernel and so haven't made > the switch. > > I only actually need 100Mbps as the bandwidth demands should not be great. Intel Pro100 and 3-com 3c905 get my vote here, though I picked up a couple of those Netgears at VFX for ~$20 each. > > Martin > > bogi wrote: >> Just out of curiocity, why not EL5 ? >> I used EL4 with built in Broadcom cards, and they wokred OK. But i >> only ran them at 10 and 100 Mbps ... >> >> Cheers >> Szemir >> >> On August 30, 2007 10:42, Martin Glazer wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> I'm looking for recommendations on a well supported, STABLE, network >>> card to use in a new Linux server. >>> >>> I just setup a brand new Intel server which has dual built in nic's >>> - Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller, running >>> kernel 2.6.9-42.ELsmp. >>> >>> There appears to be an issue with the driver for this card and even >>> after installing the latest driver, I am still seeing some network issues. >>> >>> So I'de like to install a new network card that is known to work >>> well - any thoughts or suggestions. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG1wKmwRXgH3rKGfMRAk2XAKCHN05S+LxfCEZgUMzQnq5FqFFrLACgsQ16 HZgIOjBAhGCIURgonO5yBak= =N94k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
