This time David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
becomes daring and writes:
At $14, it's hard to say no to another Linksys, but if I could benefit
from getting a better card, that's what I'm here trying to find out. What
are some of your favorites for a small server?
I love Intel NICs...every
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, David Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I have convinced myself that the PNIC2 eth0 messages I have been
receiving lately are signs that my Linksys LNE 100TX pci NIC is slowly
dying. It only flakes out under high load conditions like pulling a 600M
backup across the card.
The PNIC2 eth0 tx hung mystery has been solved. I though I would share the
solution. Background: the eth0 error started showing up after a large
thunderstom rolled through Texas around Christmas. The problem would come and go
appearing mostly when the network was under high load due to backup.
Listmates,
I have convinced myself that the PNIC2 eth0 messages I have been
receiving lately are signs that my Linksys LNE 100TX pci NIC is slowly
dying. It only flakes out under high load conditions like pulling a 600M
backup across the card. Anyway, after 2 years of faithfull service, I
Ran some throughput tests about 6 months ago... rough test nothing fancy
3c905's seemed to give me 45mbs real throughput... the linksys about
42mbps Honestly I can't think of a reason why you wouldn't stay
with them the price/performance point is pretty solid from what I see.
(and Linksys
Either stick with Linksys, or i would recommend the Netgear FA311 for
another low-budget card from BestBuy or something, very sturdy card.
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 22:02, David Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I have convinced myself that the PNIC2 eth0 messages I have been
receiving lately are
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David Rankin wrote:
What are some of your favorites for a small server?
I have quite a few boxes with 3com 3C905Bs. I can find these pretty easily at
computer swap meets for $2 to $10 each (used). They are(were?) a bit pricey
new though. I have
