Re: Well-supported gigabit cards under 4-stable?
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:46:31AM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote: I'm interesting in seeing what low-cost gigabit cards are supported under -stable and which cards might be recommended. I'm looking specifically at the Linksys EG1032, D-Link DGE-530T, Intel Pro1000MT, and the Micronet SP2612R. All are relatively cheap (Can$64 and lower), are easily obtained in Canada via the popular online merchants, and would be within reach a typical (though geeky) home network. snip So what's recommended by folks running gigabit gear these days? [Replying to my own email] Thanks for the responses. I ended up getting a bge card (NetGear) which has been performing without any errors through several backup cycles now. I chose that one over the Intel simply because I could get it from the same online as the switch I was purchasing, whereas the Intel card would've required me to go to a different vender (and end up paying for separate shipping). bge0: Altima AC9100 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x105 mem 0xfa00-0xfa00 irq 11 at device 10.0 on pci0 bge0: Ethernet address: 00:09:5b:8e:71:2f miibus0: MII bus on bge0 brgphy0: BCM5701 10/100/1000baseTX PHY on miibus0 brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, 10 # netstat -i NameMtu Network Address Ipkts IerrsOpkts Oerrs Coll bge0 1500 Link#100:09:5b:8e:71:2f 21261672 0 9481812 0 0 bge0 1500 192.168.23athena 21339692 - 9669772 - - -T -- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Well-supported gigabit cards under 4-stable?
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Tillman Hodgson wrote: Howdy, I found a few threads on this topic in google, but they were from a while ago (-stable and hardware are both moving targets, after all). I'm interesting in seeing what low-cost gigabit cards are supported under -stable and which cards might be recommended. I'm looking specifically at the Linksys EG1032, D-Link DGE-530T, Intel Pro1000MT, and the Micronet SP2612R. All are relatively cheap (Can$64 and lower), are easily obtained in Canada via the popular online merchants, and would be within reach a typical (though geeky) home network. Hi! I ran successfully bge(4) and em(4) based cards. So the Intel Pro1000MT seems the way to go for you, regarding availability. HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well-supported gigabit cards under 4-stable?
Howdy, I found a few threads on this topic in google, but they were from a while ago (-stable and hardware are both moving targets, after all). I'm interesting in seeing what low-cost gigabit cards are supported under -stable and which cards might be recommended. I'm looking specifically at the Linksys EG1032, D-Link DGE-530T, Intel Pro1000MT, and the Micronet SP2612R. All are relatively cheap (Can$64 and lower), are easily obtained in Canada via the popular online merchants, and would be within reach a typical (though geeky) home network. Most of my computers will remain 100Mbit, but I'd like to move my main file server to 1000Mbit. All the other machines do full dumps to it every night (which eventually end up on tape), so it spends a fairly large portion of every day with it's interface completely saturated (and it's worse on weekly dump days). I'm primarily concerned with driver stability. For example, I noticed some messages in the archives about the nge driver causing problems ... that was some time ago, but I'd like to avoid that on a server which handles my backups ;-) I'm also interested in nice vlan and jumbo frame support, though I can get by without them. So what's recommended by folks running gigabit gear these days? -T -- Page xxviii: Live with Unix long enough and you will change. You will become more creative, and you will come to understand the spirit of creation in others. - Harley Hahn, _The Unix Companion_ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Well-supported gigabit cards under 4-stable?
I have two Intel Pro1000MT's, and they work flawless. I can say with a straight face that I have never had a problem with them. They have only been used with one another over a crossover cable, so I can't speak for how well they play with switches or other brands. I beleive NCI (ncix.com) has them on sale for about the price you mentioned. I actually got one of them off of ebay for $43 after shipping. I use an MTU setting of 9014, and it helps performance sustantially. This testimonial actually applies to both -stable and -current. Hope this helps. -Craig - Original Message - From: Tillman Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD-Questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:46 AM Subject: Well-supported gigabit cards under 4-stable? Howdy, I found a few threads on this topic in google, but they were from a while ago (-stable and hardware are both moving targets, after all). I'm interesting in seeing what low-cost gigabit cards are supported under -stable and which cards might be recommended. I'm looking specifically at the Linksys EG1032, D-Link DGE-530T, Intel Pro1000MT, and the Micronet SP2612R. All are relatively cheap (Can$64 and lower), are easily obtained in Canada via the popular online merchants, and would be within reach a typical (though geeky) home network. Most of my computers will remain 100Mbit, but I'd like to move my main file server to 1000Mbit. All the other machines do full dumps to it every night (which eventually end up on tape), so it spends a fairly large portion of every day with it's interface completely saturated (and it's worse on weekly dump days). I'm primarily concerned with driver stability. For example, I noticed some messages in the archives about the nge driver causing problems ... that was some time ago, but I'd like to avoid that on a server which handles my backups ;-) I'm also interested in nice vlan and jumbo frame support, though I can get by without them. So what's recommended by folks running gigabit gear these days? -T -- Page xxviii: Live with Unix long enough and you will change. You will become more creative, and you will come to understand the spirit of creation in others. - Harley Hahn, _The Unix Companion_ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
