Does anyone know of a good NIC for a server?

Intel or 3com is pretty much all i would use on a production server. For my local network I use just about all linksys.

Thanks Nix...

Any particular model?

Pretty much anything that's 10/100 or if you are on a giga network get a giga card. Most likely you are on a basic 10/100.

This is for my home network server :) I "dont'" think it's a giga network :)

Oh if it's for a home network then grab a linksys 10/100 The model number is lne100tx . They are good cards. I have a few here that I been using for like 4 years without fail. Their like $20 at compusa and stuff. They have WOL (wake on lan) which allows the computer to boot up when it detects network activity. Your motherboard must support this technology. But even if it don't the WOL is just an option.

Originally posted by NixHosting
The model number is lne100tx

I'm using a Linksys LNE100TX, haven't had any problems with it.

I made a post about NICs somewhere on WHT a few days ago (perhaps in the "technical and security" section?)...

Anyhow, about a year ago I was involved in some heavy testing of NICs under Linux and the results showed that Intel and 3Com are the best. Using the standard (?) Linux driver (written by Becker), the Intel exhibited strange behaviour when completely loaded. Its interrupt processing went crazy and the card just choked, resulting in low throughput and lost packets. However, when using the new driver supplied by Intel, the card was a real barn burner. The Intel driver uploads some patches to the NICs firmware which corrects the interrupt processing bugs. This is something that Becker couldn't handle since Intel keeps this information a secret.

My recommendation... use an Intel NIC along with the Intel driver. Second choice would be 3Com.

BTW - I can't imagine any server being subjected to the load that I created for testing purposes. But it's nice to know that there's a safety margin.

Originally posted by FDrive
I'm using a Linksys LNE100TX, haven't had any problems with it.

That makes three of us... :D Very good cards. I've only had problems with DLink in the past. Linksys has always made good network cards.

Originally posted by Abu Mami
I made a post about NICs somewhere on WHT a few days ago (perhaps in the "technical and security" section?)...

Anyhow, about a year ago I was involved in some heavy testing of NICs under Linux and the results showed that Intel and 3Com are the best. Using the standard (?) Linux driver (written by Becker), the Intel exhibited strange behaviour when completely loaded. Its interrupt processing went crazy and the card just choked, resulting in low throughput and lost packets. However, when using the new driver supplied by Intel, the card was a real barn burner. The Intel driver uploads some patches to the NICs firmware which corrects the interrupt processing bugs. This is something that Becker couldn't handle since Intel keeps this information a secret.

My recommendation... use an Intel NIC along with the Intel driver. Second choice would be 3Com.

BTW - I can't imagine any server being subjected to the load that I created for testing purposes. But it's nice to know that there's a safety margin.

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Originally posted by DynastyHost
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