Do NIC cards die more often because they are exposed to static discharges or other power surges?
At 11:17 PM 10/3/2002 +0100, you wrote: >I would have to agree with James, > >3com are the worst, but in my experience I have seen many more NICs die >than harddrives. It seems that back in the old days Hard drives had a >lot of developmnet work done on them to improve the reliability of them >to such a point that these days you have to be unlucky to have a drive >fail, and while the comment about moving parts is reasonable, the parts >are all manufactured to a very high precision (unless its a Fujitsu of >course LOL ). > >Net cards on the other hand range in price from $15 upwards and because >of this cheap price, are in many ways considered expendable. > >So in partial answer to this question, is there a way to bond the cards >together under Linux??? (for Bond read Etherchannel, trunking, Virtual >Interfacing) This may be the answer. > >just my 2pence worth Robert Monical Reservation Technologies, Inc. Technology Solutions for Destination Marketing Organizations [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.restek.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
