NIC suggestion
I am experiencing the same rebooting under network stress that others on this list have reported. The box is using 3com 905b's, and I would like to try another NIC in the box to make sure that this isn't just a driver issue, though I strongly suspect it isn't. Can someone suggest a common 100 MB NIC that has proven to be very stable in 5.x? Casey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NIC suggestion
On Wednesday 06 July 2005 11:32, Casey Scott wrote: I am experiencing the same rebooting under network stress that others on this list have reported. The box is using 3com 905b's, and I would like to try another NIC in the box to make sure that this isn't just a driver issue, though I strongly suspect it isn't. Can someone suggest a common 100 MB NIC that has proven to be very stable in 5.x? Intel EtherExpress PROs (fxp driver) are pretty much universally respected. -- Kirk Strauser pgpqqrK224JAC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NIC suggestion
On Jul 6, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Casey Scott wrote: I am experiencing the same rebooting under network stress that others on this list have reported. The box is using 3com 905b's, and I would like to try another NIC in the box to make sure that this isn't just a driver issue, though I strongly suspect it isn't. Can someone suggest a common 100 MB NIC that has proven to be very stable in 5.x? The two that come to mind are the DEC 21x4x Tulip (dc) and the Intel 8255x (fxp). -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: NIC suggestion
I would like to inquire about what FreeBSD version are you running? Did you do a fresh install of 5.4 to a empty disk or did you do the build world process? Build world means you are running the old file system. Fresh install means you are running the new file system. During the development and integrating of the new file system into 5.x there where a lot of reports of system hangs and auto rebooting when the system was under heavy load. A nic was never considered as the problem then so maybe your nic is not the problem now. Maybe the new file system heavy load problem is not completely fixed yet. If I remember correctly it was never determined if the heavy load problem was caused by old file system using new file system code or new file system using new code and just not performing under heavy load. Just my thoughts about your problem from a different prospective. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Casey Scott Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:33 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NIC suggestion I am experiencing the same rebooting under network stress that others on this list have reported. The box is using 3com 905b's, and I would like to try another NIC in the box to make sure that this isn't just a driver issue, though I strongly suspect it isn't. Can someone suggest a common 100 MB NIC that has proven to be very stable in 5.x? Casey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NIC suggestion
On Wednesday 06 July 2005 11:32, Casey Scott wrote: I am experiencing the same rebooting under network stress that others on this list have reported. The box is using 3com 905b's, and I would like to try another NIC in the box to make sure that this isn't just a driver issue, though I strongly suspect it isn't. Can someone suggest a common 100 MB NIC that has proven to be very stable in 5.x? Intel EtherExpress PROs (fxp driver) are pretty much universally respected. Kirk Strauser We have had good experiences with the Intel based (fxp) NICs at 10, 100 and 1000 Mb. jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NIC suggestion
On Jul 6, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Casey Scott wrote: I am experiencing the same rebooting under network stress that others on this list have reported. The box is using 3com 905b's, and I would like to try another NIC in the box to make sure that this isn't just a driver issue, though I strongly suspect it isn't. Can someone suggest a common 100 MB NIC that has proven to be very stable in 5.x? I use some dc driver based ones, though they are hard to find now and they work really well as well as some em based ones. Don't remember off hand the model number though Chad Casey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NIC suggestion (BC or INTEL)
I have the opportunity to use one of 2 NICs.. (1) Broadcom NetXtreme 5703 (1) Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Since they are both fully supported under 5.2.1, I was wondering if anyone has any opinion (and why) either card would be a better choice. The rest of all the routers/switches are all Cisco. Thanks in advance! -JDB ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
