Re: Older system, older network cards, which one is better

2007-09-22 Thread TheOldFellow
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:04:02 -0700 Justin The Cynical [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. I have sitting around in my parts collection an HP J3171-60011 PCI

Re: Older system, older network cards, which one is better

2007-09-22 Thread Justin The Cynical
TheOldFellow wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:04:02 -0700 Justin The Cynical [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. I have sitting around in my parts collection an

Re: Older system, older network cards, which one is better

2007-09-22 Thread lists
Justin The Cynical wrote: I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. I have sitting around in my parts collection an HP J3171-60011 PCI LAN 10/100TX card (Intel 82557 based) and a 3Com

Re: Older system, older network cards, which one is better

2007-09-22 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Justin The Cynical wrote: I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. I have sitting around in my parts collection an HP J3171-60011 PCI LAN 10/100TX card (Intel 82557 based) and a 3Com

Re: Older system, older network cards, which one is better

2007-09-22 Thread Justin The Cynical
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: Justin The Cynical wrote: I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. I have sitting around in my parts collection an HP J3171-60011 PCI LAN 10/100TX card (Intel

Re: Older system, older network cards, which one is better

2007-09-22 Thread Michael Shell
On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:10:22 +0600 Alexander E. Patrakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tests at the Urals State University show that on Pentium MMX 166 MHz with 128 MB of RAM machines, 3COM 3C905B and Intel Pro 100 cards behave approximately identically, and are both slower than a cheap

Older system, older network cards, which one is better

2007-09-21 Thread Justin The Cynical
I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. I have sitting around in my parts collection an HP J3171-60011 PCI LAN 10/100TX card (Intel 82557 based) and a 3Com 3C905-TX. I've looked around, and I