Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> The "six million dollar" machine (the new SLUG box, going live soon) is a
> bit of an unhappy chappy. Kevin was kindly hosting it for us at Oceania.net,
> but the connection kept dropping out, and at best, it was "unreliably up".
>
> Having pounded on it for a day or two, it looks like the network card wasn't
> playing nice. So, of course, I tried another...
>
> The test:
>
> Transfer openss*.rpm (OpenSSL and OpenSSH)
> Transfer rh62.iso
> Ping every second for a minute
>
> All cards are PCI.
>
> The results:
>
> Netgear (Tulip): Performs fine for a while, then slows down to
> (original card) tens of bytes/s for large transfer. Pings fine.
> This came with the box, and was the one running
> on Kevin's network.
Do you have the most up-to-date driver? (In the past at least, the
kernel has not been distributed with the latest version)
> Realtek 8029: Same. Pings a bit more erratic. My old NIC.
>
> EtherExpress Pro: Speedy gonzales. No problems whatsoever.
>
> Obviously a compatibility problem in there somewhere, but that's not realy
> my question or problem...
>
> So, the question is this:
>
> Is there a document or site out there that compares NIC performance under
> Linux? Surely there's a fair difference not just in the quality of the card,
> but in the drivers as well.
>
> Which cards are best supported due to the openness of their manufacturers
> and deisgners?
>
> So as not to bore the list with opinions, if anyone has preferences on
> different brands or recommendations, please respond to me only. The 'deeper'
> questions are probably more interesting for the list.
>
> Lastly (less importantly), whilst pursuing this test, an interesting thought
> occured to Chuck and myself - how fun would it be to hack a soundcard
> network? Mic->Spk, Spk->Mic and SQUEAL! ;) Has anyone done this already?
> Sure, it would be more processor intensive than having a couple of NICs, but
> it would be FUN! Just a silly idea...
>
> - Jeff
>
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