> Hi all. > I recently upgraded my net connection from 10 to 100 Mbit, > and not surprisingly my old P-II 233 MHz didn't quite cut it anymore. > I'd get to around 45 Mbit throughput, at which point the irq > load would shoot to 90+%. > > So I figured I'd try with an Ultra5, same thing, around 45 > Mbit and the irq load goes way up. > > Basically, I'm just wondering if there's any way to actually > push 100 Mbit without going to "exotic"(as in very expensive) > hardware? > I'm guessing a good dual port NIC would help? > If so, does any of our Swedish readers know of any decent yet > not overly expensive dual port NIC's that are available in Sweden?
Only expensive dual nic4s exists, get a four port at www.mullet.se instead. I have had no problem with those cards, they are dc(4). Dual Port isnt better than 2 one port. > In the end, I'm just looking for advice about how to increase > performance in the cheapest way possible :) More Mhz. Not crappy nics, get xl,fxp,dc etc. Or maybe gigabit nics like em(4). Dont have a crappy mobo chipset and anything over 800 mhz would be able to do plenty filterings. I guess a P2 450 could work also.. // Philip .
