Gigabit Ethernet

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 10/9/06, Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
>
> > On 10/8/06, drew at technteach.com <drew at technteach.com> wrote:
> >> Looking for a good gigabit ethernet card.
> >>
> >> There appears to be a wide variety of cards, at a wide variety of
> prices
> >>
> >> Not sure I understand the differences between the various cards,
> >>
> >> or the variations in the pci slots they plug into.
> >>
> >> It's an old recycled dell precision 530, looking at the service tag I
> >> see that when it left the factory it had a dell p/n 5m235. which
> appears
> >> to be an Intel Pro/1000Xt, a high dollar card.
> >>
> >> Will a cheaper one work just as well.
> >
> > The Realtek 8169 is a nice and cheap card and it supports NAPI.
>
> Yes, it is.
>
> But according to a recent article in the german linux magazin, they are
> notorious to burn cpu cycles, which is nothing to worry about on a
> desktop.
> On a server, I would not recommend to go the cheap realtek route.


I agree. For servers, an Intel card will probably make more sense.
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