nicodache wrote: > You might give a try to good Eth card, like Intel one, that do a lot > of work (like checksumming) in hardware, while realtek chips often > wait for the processor to do that. In that case, the Geode certainly > won't be powerfull enough...
It's 32bit 33mhz pci, it will be faster than a 100Mb/s nic but it won't approach the performance of a gig nic in a pci-x or pci-e slot. If it's being used for convenience purposes or to squeeze out a bit more performance there's no reason not to do it. From a pure throughput perspective you would be disappointed. > Regards, > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:31 PM, John Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> I want to use a 5501-70 in its default case as a firewall and >> lightweight fileserver (samba) running OpenBSD. I'd like to have have a >> gigabit connection to the main network. Does anyone have a >> recommendation for a gigabit card that is known to work (and fit in the >> case)? >> >> Many thanks >> >> John Cox > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
