Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

From: Arkadi Shishlov (arkadi_at_mebius.lv)
Date: 06/24/05

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    On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 06:28:48AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote:
    > Steven Hartland wrote:
    > >Yer know about the list but was looking for real usage experiences
    > >as I've tried supported cards before e.g. netgear and it just panics the
    > >machine with just ping :(
    >
    > I use the em cards (Intel Pro 1000/MT's and the like) in many machines
    > here, and they are rock solid. You'll pay a little more for them, but
    > there is a reason for it.

    Whats about performance and stability with MTU > 1500? I tried increasing
    MTU on my Intel-made servers to speed-up NFS, but both 5.3 em and 2.x Intel
    provided drivers get stuck after some time with interface in OACTIVE state.

    arkadi.
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