my .02 worth... If its a PCI and supports linux, then likely someone has a module that will allow it to run 100Mbit. If it uses tulip/Ne2000 or the likes its quite possible that you cant tocuh over 10Mbit but may get lucky as I did with FA310TX from Netgear that will run 100Mbit.
My question, to that outside world unless you really have some huge pipe coming in (cable/dsl dont come close) then a 10Mb card should be ample. Inside your LAN 100Mbit cards are excellent especailly for head to head gaming etc. But as soon as you point that card toward the internet, via your gateway its not going to matter in the slightest, because you internet cant even begin to use the 10Mbit card. With all that said just slap a couple of PCI nics in the server (3Com for my recommends- you will get what you pay for with cheap nics) and run them. HTH, On Friday 22 February 2002 08:54, you were heard blurting out: > Jerry McBride wrote: > > If I may pop in here for a moment. Linksys NIC's, particularly LNE100TX > > versions 4.0 to 4.2 are terrific when used with the tulip driver provided > > in any later version 2.4.x kernel. One particularly neat thing about the > > linksys NIC... When used with a Linksys switchbox like a EZXS88W (or > > larger) and good cables, they'll do a 100bit duplex that's... well... > > quite fast. Fast Ethernet really means something with this brand > > hardware. > > I concur. The Linksys works great. I hear reports that it isn't very fast > in Linux compared to others. > > I'm going to try a side-by-side with a 3Com to see if I can measure any > diff. > > Thanks, -- Bill Day Our crystal tears now fall upon the ashes, but from the dust shall grow a spirit, to be in compassion for those who are lost, and one in determination to break those who dare test our resolve to be free... 9/11/01 http://www.daysdomain.com/tribute.html 8:30am up 204 days, 23:37, 13 users, load average: 0.21, 0.08, 0.02 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
