I would defenitely go the server card route. I am just trying to figure out which one.
Travis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Lee Heath > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:02 AM > To: Travis Rabe > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: 3COM NIC Recommendations > > > Reply to: Travis Rabe > Re: [IMail Forum] OT: 3COM NIC Recommendations on Wednesday > 10:47:00 AM > > Be careful when selecting 3COM NICs. Do not get desktop 'SX' versions > as these cause packet loss with Imail in our experience. We replaced > it with a '3C905B-TX' version older card without the same problems... > > -- > Roger Heath > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.rleeheath.com > > > ----- Copy of Original Message(s): ----- > > TR> Good Morning Everyone, > > TR> I trust that the Doom virus is keeping you all busy as well > as myself. > TR> What bored piece of trash goes around creating these things anyways? > > TR> I have always read a lot here about replacing standard Intel > NICs with 3COMs > TR> to solve a host of odd behavior problems. I have seen odd > problems come and > TR> go and come back gain for no apparent reason. I am starting > to wonder if > TR> dropping a few hundred on some good NICs wouldn't be a bad > idea. I mean it > TR> won't hurt anything and if nothing else, I end up having a > few good spares > TR> around the place it doesn't change anything. My questions > is, which 3COM > TR> would you recommend upgrading to. Right now I have 10/00MB > Intels that came > TR> with my Dell servers. I don't have any fiber, so that won't > be any use. Is > TR> there a point where no matter what NIC I get I won't notice improved > TR> performance unless I upgrade switches, routers...yadda yadda > yadda. Or will > TR> there be an overall better performance no matter what - even > if it's hard to > TR> see all of the time? I am interested to see what you all > have upgraded to > TR> and how it has worked out for you. I would be doing this on my mail > TR> servers, dns servers, web servers to add some performance > enhancements. > > TR> Thanks for your time and info! > > TR> ----------------------------- > TR> Travis Rabe > > > TR> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > TR> List Archive: > TR> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > TR> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
