Re: Good gigabit NIC for 4.11?

> I've been Googling up a storm but I am having trouble finding
> recommendations for a good gigabit ethernet card to use with 4.11. The
> Intel part numbers I found in the em readme are a few years old now, and
> I can't quite determine how happy people are with other chipsets despite
> my searches.
>
> I'm looking for a basic PCI 1-port card with jumbo frame support if
> possible--I can live without it. Either way, stability is much more
> important than performance.
em for PCI32x33MHz works good up to 250Mbit/s, not more
em for PCI64x66MHz works up to about 500Mbit/s without polling
and drops packets at about 250Mbit/s.
bge integrated in Tyan's dual opteron mobo works good
up to 500Mbit/s and may be more (CPU not 100% busy)

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