Re: [pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 21:44, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > I wasn't sure if rl was Realtek, but I agree on your statement. The > firewall will have 30 mbps throughput max, would I still benefit from the em > card? I could also use the fxp card in the old firewall. Biggest issue I've found WRT rl cards is that they tend to flood the system with extraneous interrupts which slows everything down generally, so yes, you'll still get benefits from the em card but the fxp would also be adequate. Ideally given the cards you have to hand I'd do em for LAN and fxp for WAN. > If I go with another em, do I need the server version? For 30Mb/sec no, not really. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
[pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice
Bill Marquette a écrit : On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Vick Khera wrote: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: 3com 905 (xl) I'd put this on your WAN and the intel on the LAN. 3Com have been well support in FreeBSD (and even in the original 4.2BSD before that) forever. For a long while, back in the early early days of PC's running BSD's, I would only buy 3Com NICs, mostly the 509c (which even had barrel connectors!) and then the 905's when we moved up to the high-speed ethernets. Given the use of vlans, I imagine you might have LAN -> LAN connectivity, the em(4) will provide better throughput than any of the non-gig cards. I'll definitely put the em on the lan side, but since this firewall is mostly to share the internet link, there is barely any vlan-to-vlan traffic (except for ntp and maybe some other management protocols). If you have an opportunity to drop an fxp(4) in there instead of the realtek or 3com cards, you'd be happier, but given only 30mbit throughput requirements, either will handle the traffic. The Intel card will also do vlan tagging in hardware (and checksumming) allowing you to save a bit of CPU. I'll use the em to handle the vlan'd side. I'll check how it goes, as it will be the first time that I copy a config from one machine to the other. I had a ton of those 509c ISA cards back in the day...they almost gave me 1mbit :) (at least one had AUI, TP, and BNC connectors) I understand the 3c905 on a PCI bus ran a tad faster *grin*. At any rate, I second this config...although I've had more than my share of issues with 3com cards, I'd still pick one over a realtek (and certainly over a dlink branded realtek). :) Thanks, Ugo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
[pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice
Vick Khera wrote: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: 3com 905 (xl) I'd put this on your WAN and the intel on the LAN. 3Com have been well support in FreeBSD (and even in the original 4.2BSD before that) forever. For a long while, back in the early early days of PC's running BSD's, I would only buy 3Com NICs, mostly the 509c (which even had barrel connectors!) and then the 905's when we moved up to the high-speed ethernets. Thanks a lot for your advice. That is what I would have done, but nothing's better than another opinion :). Regards, ugo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
[pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice
Morgan Reed wrote: On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 13:12, Ugo Bellavance wrote: To set replace an old pfsense box, I bought a PC with an Intel Pro/1000 NIC onboard (em). In my inventory, I have a 3com 905 (xl) and a Dlink 538-tx (rl). Which one of th 3com or Dlink should I use to make sure I have the best performance? The setup is 1 wan (internet), 1 NIC for inside networks, with 3 vlans. I'm using the traffic shaper and BandwidthD. I'm extremely prejudiced against Realtek (rl) cards because of the grief I've had with them the past, personally I would toss the rl in the bin and use the xl, better yet I'd find another em card and use that ;oD. I wasn't sure if rl was Realtek, but I agree on your statement. The firewall will have 30 mbps throughput max, would I still benefit from the em card? I could also use the fxp card in the old firewall. If I go with another em, do I need the server version? Regards, Ugo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
