Re: recommend a network card
From: Michael Buesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bastard operater [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: recommend a network card Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:23:01 +0200 On Saturday 17 June 2006 23:12, bastard operater wrote: People on this list like Real Names and are more motivated to help, if they know your name. I forgot to change that. I will change it as soon as I send this email. My name is Jason. My 3Com 3C905B-TX is starting to malfunction and it is getting worse. So I 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. 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? Thanks, Jason - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe netdev in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: recommend a network card
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) 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. btw: This is not really the right list to ask such questions, as it is not development related, but well... :) -- Greetings Michael. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe netdev in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: recommend a network card
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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe netdev in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: recommend a network card
On Saturday 17 June 2006 23:12, bastard operater wrote: People on this list like Real Names and are more motivated to help, if they know your name. My 3Com 3C905B-TX is starting to malfunction and it is getting worse. So I I never had a malfunctioning NIC. What does it look like? Broken packages? 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 ;) ) -- Greetings Michael. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe netdev in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
