Gigabit Ethernet cards?
Dan Jenkins
dan at rastech.com
Thu Jun 10 13:53:00 EDT 2004
bscott at ntisys.com wrote:
> Anyone here have any practical opinions on good Gigabit Ethernet interface
> cards? Likewise, bad experiences, teaching things to avoid, are also
> valuable.
> I'm especially interested in how well the card works with Linux.
> Performance, stability, and driver support. Ideally, I like finding a
> full-featured, GPL driver in a mainline kernel. Third-party Open Source
> drivers are also okay. Binary-only modules are unacceptable.
I've had good success with Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet (in both
the single and dual port versions). They've just worked under Mandrake
9.1 (kernel 2.4) and higher.
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