On September 1993 plus 3604 days [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 14:02, Vox wrote: >> >> 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. > > Agreed. I asked the operations folks at Supernews (one of the largest > NNTP providers in the world, who push GIGABYTES of data through their > network) what cards they recommend. They said Intel with the 82559 > chipset. That's all I buy, and they've all worked flawlessly. I highly > recommend them.
I have a few networks where we get to push a few tens of gigabytes of data through the servers (LAN servers) every week...all the servers have intel cards...the workstations have all kinds of crap all over the place, because I don't have anything to do with them :) But there's 5 workstations, more or less, at each of those LANs that do have intel cards (I *do* take care of the WSs of the top dogs of the companies I consult for :)...the sites have a box that says "Dead NICs" on the side...I went through the box at one of the sites, out of curiosity...I saw at least 3 cards of each brand and chipset I know...except intel...I asked the HW dude there how often they emptied the box...he said every 3 months or so...and when I asked, he told me he dumps a dead intel card every 4 or 5 box dumps...compared to the other cards, it's paradise :) Vox, who only uses intel on computers owned by him :) -- 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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