Neil, Thanks for these points. I too have found this to be true. Except for the 2 on-board Marvell 'Yukon' g-bit nics on two Asus m/b's, all other LAN clients use Intel nics. I started with Intel nics in the early '80's. Never saw/read a reason to change. Solid, reliable, drivers that always work. Best, Duncan
At 23:14 10/06/2008 +0100, you wrote:
Intel NIC's are consistently good, if not the very best in class. Their driver support is very good too, I've seen new drivers being issued for cards that are years out of production because they use the same architecture as current cards. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Martin Jr. Sent: 06 October 2008 22:22 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Gigabitifying my network When gigabit nics first started being mainstream I tried a bunch of different ones and found that the Intel Pro Desktop 10/100/1000 got way better sustained transfers than any of the others. I don't recall if it was Hayes who first recommended it, or another THG member.I compared to realtek, 3com, linksys. I did the tests between 2 computers with each different nic compared to same systems with intel nics. I still tend to use intel nics if there's no onboard gigabit. When I do movie/tv directory backups I have routinely transferred 1-2 terabytes and this can take a long time if the nic is crappy. I'm sure driver support has improved since then, but generally the cheapies don't perform well under heavy transfer loads. lopaka --- On Sun, 10/5/08, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [H] Gigabitifying my network To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 12:46 PM Go into Device manager, your NIC >> Properties >>> Advanced >>> enable Jumbo Frames to the Kb size your switch supports. Or, if your NIC driver has it's own setup / interface then use that. Only clients with a Gigabit NIC, CAT5e or greater cable, plugged in to a Gigabit switch can benefit. I spent a lot of time playing around with this years ago, and have never noticed any difference. Don't expect to get anywhere near Gigabit speeds.... more like about a third of that on a good link. I think Network speed has more to do with your software firewall \ Windows \ your AV solution .... in that order. At 12:35 PM 10/5/2008, you wrote: >Got the 3Com and installed it. > >Installation was literally plug and play. > >Performance is immediately noticeable. > >Just a quick one though. > >How do I make sure Jumbo Frames are on? How can I squeeze the max out of >the 1Gbit connection? > >On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I did a quick look around and it seems kosher. > > > > I just ordered one through amazon. Free shipping and tax came up to 50 > > bucks. > > > > Surprisingly it was cheaper than newegg. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > >> James, you have a very similar setup to mine. > >> > >> I have a Linksys AM200 DSL modem > WRT54GL or WHRHPG54 Both Tomato or > >> WRT150N(with DDWRT) I swap around when I feel like to see what firmware is > >> the best > >> > >> Is this switch any good? > >> > >> > >> > http://www.amazon.com/3Com-3CGSU05-US-Gigabit-Switch-5PORT/dp/B000I1ZA0G/ref =sr_1_45?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1222200178&sr=8-45 > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:00 PM, James Boswell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> > >>> That method seems fine > >>> > >>> I have a similar setup going on here > >>> > >>> Netgear DM111P > wan port on a WRT54GS running tomato > port on the WRT > >>> hooked up to a port on a Buffalo 8 port gigabit switch > >>> > >>> occasionally I'll hang 100mbps devices off the WRT, that's more an issue > >>> of cable management than anything else. > >>> > >>> Traffic between local nodes will just bound around the gigabit switches > >>> ports and never get anywhere near the router, so it's as performant as it > >>> gets. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 23 Sep 2008, at 17:53, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: > >>> > >>> Sorry for the lame subject title, but......... > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> I have a WRT54GL linksys router connected to an ADSL modem. Right now > >>>> all > >>>> the 4 ports are occupied by various devices. The primary ones being my > >>>> fileserver and my main machine. > >>>> > >>>> Since the switch on the WRT is 10/100 only, I've been feeling the pain > >>>> when > >>>> transferring large files. Both my fileserver and my main computer have > >>>> Gbit > >>>> NICS on them and I would like to take advantage of them. > >>>> > >>>> I've looked around (NEWEGG) and have seen that 4-5 port switches cost > >>>> around > >>>> the 50 dollar range. That's perfect and I can spare that kind of cash. > >>>> > >>>> That being said, what is the best way to "integrate" the switch into my > >>>> current setup? Would it be: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> MODEM <------------> Router(Port1) <-------------> Gbit Switch > >>>> <------------------> Devices? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Would another "method" be more faster and/or elegant? > >>>> > >>>> I love my router and don't want to change it for a gigabit model, but if > >>>> the > >>>> collective says so, I will have to consider strongly. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Best Regards, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Zulfiqar Naushad > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best Regards, > >> > >> > >> Zulfiqar Naushad > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Zulfiqar Naushad > > > > > >-- >Best Regards, > > >Zulfiqar Naushad
