On September 1993 plus 3604 days Richard Bown wrote: > Hi all > I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got > lost. > > My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the > cable guys and to my horror, his win98 laptop downloaded faster than > this machine, > My current NIC is a realtek 8139, and I always thought a linux machine > would floor a poxy winyuk machine. > What NICs are known to work well , ie fast..
The only NIC worth using, IMNSHO, is Intel Etherexpress Pro 100+...if you have the inclination, a Pro+/S is a very good model too, but the encryption on it isn't really worth unless you are doing VPNing between boxes that all have the same NIC. I've tested windows boxes against my firewall with my EEPros and the winboxes don't come close (about 3k download speed difference with the best winboxes using an EEPro too). I'll use a lot of crappy HW, but for my NICs, I only buy EEPros. Worth every cent. Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
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