On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Michael Eager <ea...@eagercon.com> wrote: > I have a small server running on a AMD motherboard > in 64-bit mode. The motherboard has a rtl8169 NIC built in. > The on-board NIC works with the rge driver, but the connection > seems to time out frequently -- there are long pauses in any > significant data transfer. I understand that this is a known > problem with the rge driver. > > I attempted to install the gani driver, but was not > successful. I get a message saying "no such driver or > address". I wasn't able to resolve this problem. > > Rather than fight this losing battle, I decided to add > a PCI or PCI-e NIC which was supported in 64-bit OpenSolaris. > > I've looked at the Opensolaris HCL and many of the NICs > appear to only be supported in 32-bit mode. The NICs which > are supported in 64-bit mode seem to be for larger (more > expensive) servers -- $500 or more. > > Is there a reasonably priced 1Gb NIC (single or dual port) > which will run on OpenSolaris in 64-bit mode? Can anyone > offer a recommendation?
Look for any Intel Gigabit Server Adapter. Those are <$100. -- Giovanni _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
