RB wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:14, Gerald Leier <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am looking toward the net4501 and its mini-pci socket and am wondering >> if there are gigabit-friendly NICs available, and supported for this >> form factor. > > As has been noted many times on this list, there's no way the 4501 > will push gigabit speeds, it caps out somewhere between 25 and 35Mbps, > depending on who's testing and how. The 33MHz PCI bus will just > barely push 1Gbps itself. If you need gigabit, look elsewhere; if > you're just trying to avoid an MTU mismatch, there are gigabit > mini-pci cards (like Commell's MP-541-d) available a simple search
Which is intel 82541 and supports jumbo out to 16k consistent with most other intel gbe chipsets. this gets a lot simpler to source with a full sized pci slot, if it were me I'd use a 4801 (while you still can) or a 5501. for more or less that reason. > away. Be careful with power requirements - GbE draws considerably > more current, as much as 1W more. yeah a larger wall wart is in order. > _______________________________________________ > 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
