[OLUG] Ethernet cards and Linux...

[Redhawk]

Phil,

I actually feel that with linux the older the ethernet card the better it
works. I am using generic ne2000 cards now. I also know that 3com or some
other name brand card that is in the kernel will work real well as well. 

I still like my ne2000 card but thinking of switching to pci one for speed
issues.

Up to you.. I would buy something supported in the kernel and known to work
well. I believe 3com would be a wise choice but if you use a dual boot
situation with nt or '98 stay away from 3com they ship with bad drivers and
are just a bear to configure in nt even with good drivers.

D!

My Two cents worth...
At 02:19 PM 9/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>What's the general consensus as to the best ethernet card for a server?
>This server handles a large (what I would call large) amount of
>web traffic a day (transferring a large amount of data - usually 2GB in a
>one-week period), as well as the occasional email and file serving
>(through Samba).  It currently has a tulip-based card (a Linksys PNIC
>tulip clone).
>
>I'm willing to go with the cost of getting a 3Com PCI ethernet card, but I
>also have a Realtek 8029 (PCI NE2000 clone) that worked perfectly for
>several months.
>
>Which do you people think I should go with?
>
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