Christopher Thompson wrote:
>
> (I don't have much experience building SMP machines but I do have one running
> here... Also, others may have comments on what I have ignored)
>
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > hd 13.2GB_7200_HD
>
> If you are expecting UDMA/66 (?) to work happily with Linux, you should be
> careful... you need to patch your kernel and even then, it may not work.
> However, everything is backwards compatible so it should be okay.
>
> > lan 3Com_905TXNM_PCI_oem
>
> My understanding is that the 509's are better-supported than the 905's. This
> could simply be a rumour or a drugged hallucination.
The 3Com 509 is indeed better but it is only 10Mbit; The 905 comes as
905A,905B and 905C; They are all dual speed (10/100) and the 905A is
best as it has the biggest buffer but it is not available any more.
I would recommend to use another brand such as the EtherExpress 10/100
or a NIC based on a DEC Tulip chipset (although I do not know which
Tulip chipset is best)
I am looking for a good comparison between all these NIC�s, especially
about the CPU load but I could not find any, so my statements are
somehow based on "rumours". Moreover here in Austria it is difficult to
purchase a NIC other than a 3Com and some other "cheap" brands, so I use
the 3Com905B for myself.
Regards,
Hermann
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