Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:08:08 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: PCI netcards that are good for Linux |
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Hi,
> I'm curious about a certain PCI card that our work just got > for a few of our machines. How do the SMC EtherPower PCI cards hold out under > load and performance-wise in general and under Linux? I noticed it was based > off a Digital chip and I vaguely remember hearing bad things on the list about > lots of the 'tulip' cards that were as bad as the ne2000 cards.
I didn't test 10Mbit SMC's, but the 100Mbit ones are really excellent. 10.5 MByte per second between two PC's! (e.g., 3Coms on the same setup were capable of transmitting approx. 7 MB/sec).
On the other hand, I think such questions are a bit off-topic on this list.
Martin
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