From: Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "bastard operater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: recommend a network card
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:48:55 +0200
On Sunday 18 June 2006 17:28, bastard operater wrote:
> >I never had a malfunctioning NIC. What does it look like?
> >Broken packages?
>
> It loses its network connection (the systems says the card is unplugged)
for
> a second or two and then the connection comes back. Sometimes the
> connection just stops working and I have to restart the network
service.
uh, oh. Interresting.
Sure it is not a software bug in PCI hotplug or something?
(or something accidentally poking with fakephp)
It worked great for the first 6 years. Only in the last year has it become
unstable. There have been no driver changes since 2001. My motherboard (7
years old, tyan tiger S1832D) does not support hotplug. I moved it to
another PC and it still has problems.
I would test the card in another machine, before throwing it away.
> > > I am in the market for a new NIC. The card has to work on Linux
> >(natively)
> > > and windows. I thought I would ask the experts if you have any
> > > recommendations for a good 100MB PCI card?
> >
> >I have mostly RTL based cards (ranging from 10 to 1000 mbit).
> >No problems so far. (But also no problem with my 3c905 since
> >quite some time ;) )
>
> How can I tell which cards use which chipset?
Look at the chip ;)
One of my cards (100mbit) has a chip with the string
RTL8139D
printed on it.
There's usually only one or two chips on the card. You can't miss it.
It's the chip, which is connected directly to the PCI pins.
I don't have x-ray vision so I can't see through cardboard. :) Can you
recommand a specific card or groups of cards?
btw: This is not really the right list to ask such questions,
as it is not development related, but well... :)
Yeah, I know. I wanted to ask the experts. I don't want to buy a cheap
network card only to get it home and find it uses 75% of CPU during
transfers. Or even worse it is not supported by Linux. If you know of a
linux certified hardware list I would love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Jason
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