For my
production unit, I have a SuperMicro 5013 server with 2 LOB
Intel Gigabit LAN/WAN interfaces and a PCI/64 Intel Quad Fast
Ethernet for my OPT interfaces. Works great with top
notch throughput. (IIRC, I've been using this hw since
0.49)
I pretty
much gave up on Realtek a couple years ago, and now avoid systems with built in
Realtek NICs. A while back I did a test with 11 Intel NICs in one pfSense box and
it worked flawlessly. So, probably needless to say, I highly
recommend Intel NICs. In general practice, I put 3Com NICs third on my
list right behind Broadcom.
Ted Crow
MCP/W2K
Information Technology
Manager
Tuttle Services,
Inc.
(419) 228-6262 x 247
From: David Strout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 1:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; support@pfsense.com
Subject: Re: Re: [pfSense Support] pfSense on complex Network
--
David L. Strout
Engineering Systems Plus, LLC
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] pfSense on complex Network
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 08-15-2005 1:43 pm
On 8/15/05, Scott Ullrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/15/05, Paulus Edwin Prasetya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
>! > I'm new to this list, any one can help me?
> >
> > I am setup a quite complex gateway using pfSense
> > the box contain 6 NIC all using RealTek (rl0-rl5)
>
> Are you sure that all 6 Realtek NICS function correctly in the
> machine? That's a lot of NICS and RealTeks at that (read: I would
> use better nics such as intel/3com).
I wouldn't even recommend 3Com - I've had more tons of problems with
them. Absolutely agreed though that Realtek suck *ss. Expect poor
performance.
--Bill
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