[pbraga@iportalmais.pt: Re: Ethernet Card recommendation]

2001-09-13 Thread Christofer Algotsson
- Forwarded message from Pedro Braga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 12:35:03 +0100 From: Pedro Braga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) To: Christofer Algotsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Ethernet Card recommendation I had a

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-12 Thread Christofer Algotsson
Of course I meant the DFE-570TX card. On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 06:55:00PM +0100, Gavin Hamill wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:16:24AM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: > > > > > I have about 5 dlinks i can hang with just a pingflood! I'll never buy > > > dlink nics again! > > > > We use the D-

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-12 Thread Fraser Campbell
Gavin Hamill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > We use the D-Link 530TX, it's a 4 port card based on the tulip chipset (21152 > > to be exact) ... they've worked flawlessly for us in many different > > environments. > > Yes, the 570TX (I think it's 570 rather than 530) is an excellent > card, but I

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-12 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
[Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:16:24AM -0400] Fraser Campbell : > Frank Louwers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have about 5 dlinks i can hang with just a pingflood! > > I'll never buy dlink nics again! > > We use the D-Link 530TX > they've worked flawlessly for us in many different environments

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-12 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:16:24AM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: > > > I have about 5 dlinks i can hang with just a pingflood! I'll never buy > > dlink nics again! > > We use the D-Link 530TX, it's a 4 port card based on the tulip chipset (21152 > to be exact) ... they've worked flawlessly for u

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-11 Thread Christofer Algotsson
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:16:24AM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote: > Frank Louwers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > D-Link cant do constant load, they hang or just loose ability to talk to other > > > hosts on the network. > > > > I have about 5 dlinks i can hang with just a pingflood! I'll

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-11 Thread Fraser Campbell
Frank Louwers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > D-Link cant do constant load, they hang or just loose ability to talk to other > > hosts on the network. > > I have about 5 dlinks i can hang with just a pingflood! I'll never buy > dlink nics again! We use the D-Link 530TX, it's a 4 port card based

Re[2]: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-04 Thread Calvin Chong
t;; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AR> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:54 AM AR> Subject: Re: Ethernet Card recommendation >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 06:30:52PM +0300, Vasil Kolev wrote: >> > >> > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Jordi S . Bunster wrote: >> > &g

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-04 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
CTED]> Cc: "Jordi S . Bunster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:54 AM Subject: Re: Ethernet Card recommendation > On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 06:30:52PM +0300, Vasil Kolev wrote: > > > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Jordi S

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 06:30:52PM +0300, Vasil Kolev wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Jordi S . Bunster wrote: > > Are the 3COM a good choice? Which ones exactly? > > I recommend 3com 3c905B or 3c905C cards - they work wonderful for me. i'll second that. excellent cards. craig -- craig sander

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-02 Thread Frank Louwers
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 05:05:18AM +0800, Jason Lim wrote: > Don't dlinks use the rtl chipset? Some new ones do, I heard. The ones that I can crash with a pingflood are the second revision of the ones with the via-rhine chipset. Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-02 Thread Jason Lim
Don't dlinks use the rtl chipset? Sincerely, Jason - Original Message - From: "Frank Louwers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Christofer Algotsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:20 PM Subject: Re: Ether

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-02 Thread Frank Louwers
> D-Link cant do constant load, they hang or just loose ability to talk to other > hosts on the network. I have about 5 dlinks i can hang with just a pingflood! I'll never buy dlink nics again! Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-09-02 Thread Christofer Algotsson
ordi S . Bunster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Ethernet Card recommendation > > > > I've finally convinced my boss to buy new PCI Ethernet Cards. Can > someone give me a hint on what should I bu

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Mark Janssen
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:36:17AM -0300, Jordi S . Bunster wrote: > I've finally convinced my boss to buy new PCI Ethernet Cards. Can > Are the 3COM a good choice? Which ones exactly? I have to agree on the 3com's... I've never had problems with them so far. I've also got some servers on rtl8139

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Jeff Lee
These cards are great, use the DEC (now Intel) 21143 chip (and my company just happens to sell them) http://www.bwi.com/scripts/site/site_product.php3/id/337/ jeff Thus wrote Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [01.08.31 13:07]: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:57:41AM -0400, Eric LeBlanc wrote: >

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 06:33:06PM +0200, Frank Louwers wrote: > If you decide to save money on cards, then go for the Realtec 813x based > chipsets. The cards cheap (end-user price, INCLUDING 21% vat is about > 15 EUR last time I checked. If you plan pushing a lot of traffic, I can't recommend t

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:57:41AM -0400, Eric LeBlanc wrote: > No for me... many problem with switches/router Cisco and, it's > unbelievable, 3COM hub... IIRC, 3Com hubs/switches don't use the same Ethernet chipset that the NICs do. I'll have to get clarification from a friend who worked there

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Vasil Kolev
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Frank Louwers wrote: > If you decide to go a little bit cheaper than the 3COM/Intel cards, > then DON'T go for dlink. They used to make great medium-cheap cards > with a lifetime warranty, but I've had nothing but problems with their > 100Mbit cards! > > If you decide to sa

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Frank Louwers
If you decide to go a little bit cheaper than the 3COM/Intel cards, then DON'T go for dlink. They used to make great medium-cheap cards with a lifetime warranty, but I've had nothing but problems with their 100Mbit cards! If you decide to save money on cards, then go for the Realtec 813x based ch

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Ingo Herz
At 18:30 31.08.01 +0300, Vasil Kolev wrote: >I recommend 3com 3c905B or 3c905C cards - they work wonderful for me. We use these too. They are working stable, but have one problem: sometimes they don't get the link back if the switch (cisco 2924, set to 100/full) is restarted or cable is reconnec

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Joe Ellis
3com 900 series are good. I haven't had any problems. "Jordi S . Bunster" wrote: > > I've finally convinced my boss to buy new PCI Ethernet Cards. Can > someone give me a hint on what should I buy for using with a 2.2 > kernel? I need two simultaneous cards, they're for my webserver. > > Are t

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Eric LeBlanc
No for me... many problem with switches/router Cisco and, it's unbelievable, 3COM hub... but, with IntelExpress PRO 10/100, number 1 ! I try 10 cards 3c905C... this cards sucks. Eric On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Vasil Kolev wrote: > I recommend 3com 3c905B or 3c905C cards - they work wonderful for me

RE: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Andrew Kaplan
bout why he wouldn't be interested in meeting Bill Gates. > -Original Message- > From: Jordi S . Bunster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Ethernet Card recommendation > > > > I'v

Re: Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Vasil Kolev
I recommend 3com 3c905B or 3c905C cards - they work wonderful for me. On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Jordi S . Bunster wrote: > > I've finally convinced my boss to buy new PCI Ethernet Cards. Can > someone give me a hint on what should I buy for using with a 2.2 > kernel? I need two simultaneous cards, th

Ethernet Card recommendation

2001-08-31 Thread Jordi S . Bunster
I've finally convinced my boss to buy new PCI Ethernet Cards. Can someone give me a hint on what should I buy for using with a 2.2 kernel? I need two simultaneous cards, they're for my webserver. Are the 3COM a good choice? Which ones exactly? -- Jordi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT