D-Link and Linux

Our linux-internet-servers are connected with 100Mbit. Because our
current 100Mbit switched hub is really slow, we are looking forward to
buy new hardware.

So my question is, does anyone have expirience with the DGS-1016D
unmanaged hub from D-link?

I read, the driver support in Linux isn't really the best for D-Link
(NICs)...

Can i securely use for example 3com cards with D-Link switches? Or will
there be some performance loss?

thx

Dominik Hofer wrote:

> Our linux-internet-servers are connected with 100Mbit. Because our
> current 100Mbit switched hub is really slow, we are looking forward to
> buy new hardware.
>
> So my question is, does anyone have expirience with the DGS-1016D
> unmanaged hub from D-link?
>
> I read, the driver support in Linux isn't really the best for D-Link
> (NICs)...
>
> Can i securely use for example 3com cards with D-Link switches? Or will
> there be some performance loss?

It doesn't matter what brand of NIC you use. All ethernet equipment must
comply with the ethernet specs.