Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-17 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 14:12, James Sparenberg wrote: For speed. The pro100 edged out the 3c905 (especially when using multiple NICS to a single network as in for example a web server.) by about 2 or 3 percent. For reliability. I've yet to have either one fail (over the last 4 years.) so I

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-16 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 03:07, James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 09:45, Richard Bown wrote: Hi all I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost. My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the cable guys and to my horror, his

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-16 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 01:40, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 03:07, James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 09:45, Richard Bown wrote: Hi all I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost. My cable connection is not as good as it could

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-16 Thread Jack Coates
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 11:12, James Sparenberg wrote: ... it's pretty even. (anyone need a collection of bad netgear and linksys nics?) James Just hang 'em on the christmas tree in about five months :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-16 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 15:21, Jack Coates wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 11:12, James Sparenberg wrote: ... it's pretty even. (anyone need a collection of bad netgear and linksys nics?) James Just hang 'em on the christmas tree in about five months :-) Nah I'm going to give em as

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-16 Thread Jim C
Perhaps they will make a good mobile if you combine them with outdated memory chips and AOL CD's. ;-) For speed. The pro100 edged out the 3c905 (especially when using ... it's pretty even. (anyone need a collection of bad netgear and linksys nics?) Want to buy your Pack or Services

[expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Richard Bown
Hi all I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost. My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the cable guys and to my horror, his win98 laptop downloaded faster than this machine, My current NIC is a realtek 8139, and I always thought a linux

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Bown wrote: I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost. My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the cable guys and to my horror, his win98 laptop downloaded faster than this machine, My current NIC is a realtek 8139, and I

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread MailServiceDaemon
Got the same chip on my NIC. At what speed does it not work as expected? Mine works but freqwently locks the network service so it has to be restarted. tis 2003-07-15 klockan 18.45 skrev Richard Bown: Hi all I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost. My cable

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Richard Bown
Hi, well the comparison method was to compare the traceroute time to the ISP server, he was getting around 8 msecs compared to my 18 msecs, the fastest download speed I've ever seen has been about 90 kb/s. Which I think for a broadband cable link is not as fast as it could be.. I wish I could

RE: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread logic7
: [expert] NIC's Got the same chip on my NIC. At what speed does it not work as expected? Mine works but freqwently locks the network service so it has to be restarted. tis 2003-07-15 klockan 18.45 skrev Richard Bown: Hi all I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost

RE: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Frankie
yeah, must say i have had a good run with the intels as well. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of logic7 Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2003 2:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] NIC's I use Intel Pro100 and 3com nics

RE: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread logic7
you must have a lot of people on your node. I get about 250KB/sec on good sites no matter which PC I'm using. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Bown Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] NIC's

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Bown wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 18:23, Felix Miata wrote: My machines all have Realtek 8139's, but not ultracheap generics. They're made by AOpen, ALN-825, which was superceded by AON-825. I just bought 5 AON-825's for less than $9US apiece. My 9.0 box downloads Mandrake

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Bill Mullen
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Richard Bown wrote: My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the cable guys and to my horror, his win98 laptop downloaded faster than this machine, My current NIC is a realtek 8139, and I always thought a linux machine would floor a poxy winyuk

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Richard Bown
Everyones comments all noted. Bill I can discount the HD FD bit as I've force the link between the cable modem to FD, surfboard SB3100 and the NIC to FD but I cant get any faster than 10MB none of the 100MB settings work. motherboard is a K7 triton, with a 1.2 GHz duron, 500MB of ram. I know the

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 09:45, Richard Bown wrote: Hi all I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost. My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the cable guys and to my horror, his win98 laptop downloaded faster than this machine, My

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Vox
On September 1993 plus 3604 days Richard Bown wrote: Hi all I did send this in when the server was down so it looks like it got lost. My cable connection is not as good as it could be, so called out the cable guys and to my horror, his win98 laptop downloaded faster than this machine, My

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Joerg Mertin
Well - it depends on the Implementation. The 3c9x can be in a bad implementation as on the Asus A7N8X Delux Boards. The Onboard via-rhine Lan-port is 2 times faster than the onboard 3c9x Implementation. But I have to admit - that in long run - Intel/Tulip and 3c9x Boards have proven to be the

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Bill Mullen
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Richard Bown wrote: Bill I can discount the HD FD bit as I've force the link between the cable modem to FD, surfboard SB3100 and the NIC to FD but I cant get any faster than 10MB none of the 100MB settings work. Probably because the hardware at the cable modem end cannot

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread chort
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 14:02, Vox wrote: The only NIC worth using, IMNSHO, is Intel Etherexpress Pro 100+...if you have the inclination, a Pro+/S is a very good model too, but the encryption on it isn't really worth unless you are doing VPNing between boxes that all have the same NIC.

Re: [expert] NIC's

2003-07-15 Thread Vox
On September 1993 plus 3604 days [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 14:02, Vox wrote: The only NIC worth using, IMNSHO, is Intel Etherexpress Pro 100+...if you have the inclination, a Pro+/S is a very good model too, but the encryption on it isn't really worth unless you