Dan McDonald wrote:
> Hey everyone!
>
> I built my first system from parts last night, and it appears to be working
> pretty well. Until Crossbow shows up, however, I need a few more ethernet
> ports for the three virtual-network-machines I'm putting on it (I want four
> total ports, the on-mobo nge and bge get me halfway there). I'd normally be
> inclined to beta-test Crossbow at this point, but I want a clear upgrade path
> w.r.t. the global-zone's OS and its two IP-instanced zones.
>
> So I need a cheap/good PCI ethernet adapter, preferably with two ports, but I
> can be convinced that two one-port boards are a better deal pretty easily.
> The board must have a Nemo-ized driver (e.g. bge, e1000g). ISTR Intel has a
> two port e1000g board, but I thought there might be something cheapter based
> on Broadcom chips that bge drives.
>
> If this is an FAQ or previously-hammered thread, I apologize.
>
Most drivers are Nemo-ified. The *bargain basement* option are the
Linksys LNE 100TX cards, which are 100Mbps driven by my own afe driver,
which is integrated into Nevada and which support Nemo. However, these
boards are probably far from the most performant option.
Cards based on the RealTek 8169 are also fairly cheap, and support
gigabit speeds.
Performance wise, bge may be difficult to beat. e1000g has gotten a lot
better though.
-- Garrett
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