Hi Tony, We have a mixture of Intel, 3Com and HP 10/100 switches here. But we tested with the HP 2524 non-blocking 10/100 switch.
Cheers, Richard At 06:10 PM 1/17/02 -0500, you wrote: >Richard and Rick, >Curiosity, what type of switches/hubs were you using (or did you connect >them directly to take that out of the picture?) >I've talked to several who've had problems with 3ComNics + Cisco Switches >(which I've had problems with). When I say problems, it was speed related. >Not like going from 100Mb to 90, but rather like going from 100Mb to 128kb. >Reboot the PC, it would fly for anywhere between a day and two weeks, then >it would just slow down to a crawl. Switching to Intel card fixed it. > >If we keep chipping in 2 cents, pretty soon we'll have a dollar! :-) >- Tony > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Davidson >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:59 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Bad LAN cards (was: iMail is extremely ...) >> >> >> I'll chip in another 2 cents, >> I can back up this claim, we use the 3com 905's exclusively, we found the >> Intel nics to be noticably slower. >> >> Rick Davidson >> Systems Administrator >> Buckeye Internet Services, Ltd. >> The cool thing about technology is that it keeps getting cooler. >> - >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 5:47 PM >> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Bad LAN cards (was: iMail is extremely ...) >> >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Here's my 2 cents on 3Com and Intel NIC's: >> > >> > Our non-scientific tests show that 3Com 905's can outperform >> current Intel >> > Pro's by about 50%. Our tests were performed on the same computers by >> > replacing just the NIC's. We moved large files back and forth >> on both NT >> > and Novell platforms. The 3Coms can move the files in 2/3 the time an >> > Intel card would. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Richard >> > >> > >> > At 04:03 PM 1/17/02 -0600, you wrote: >> > > >> > >>The 3-Com 905abc and Intel PRO server cards are flawless. >> > >>Chris >> > > >> > >I think the 3com's are less efficient in CPU burden than >> Intel's, but I'm >> > >recalling from a very old report. >> > > >> > >Len >> > > >> > > >> > >http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training >> > >http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K >> > >http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse >> mail gateways >> > > >> > > >> > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> > >to be removed from this list. >> > > >> > >An Archive of this list is available at: >> > >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> > > >> > >> > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> > to be removed from this list. >> > >> > An Archive of this list is available at: >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> > >> >> >> Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> to be removed from this list. >> >> An Archive of this list is available at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> --- >> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by http://www.intouchmi.com] >> >> > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by http://www.intouchmi.com] > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
