NIC Card???

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Hi All,

I am trying to get build a gateway/router on my network and I need to
know where I can go to get a good price on 3COM or Intel NIC Cards???
Can anyone help me?
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Hakim Z. Singhji wrote:
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> Can anyone help me?
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I have no idea where in the world you are, but FWIW I usually buy mine
at the Goodwill thrift store near me -- they have a big bin of them for
$5 apiece.

A better way to go might be to just buy a cheap router. I've bought
new ones on sale at Fry's for under 10 dollars.

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Hakim Z. Singhji ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
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: Hi All,

: I am trying to get build a gateway/router on my network and I need to
: know where I can go to get a good price on 3COM or Intel NIC Cards???
: Can anyone help me?

I don't know, but I have a question directly related:
What is the difference between the "standard" ethernet cards for about $12,
and the "pro" ethernet cards for about $50? Can LINUX take advantage of
these differences? The machine I would have 3 of them in would probably be
running 2.4.x (18 I think).

Regards,

James Phillips

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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 03:17:58 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed) () staggered
into the Black Sun and said:
> Hakim Z. Singhji ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
>> I am trying to get build a gateway/router on my network and I need to
>> know where I can go to get a good price on 3COM or Intel NIC Cards???

Try ebay.com or pricewatch.com if nothing but a 3Com or Intel NIC will
do. For a simple home network, you won't see much benefit from an
expensive NIC.

> What is the difference between the "standard" ethernet cards for about
> $12, and the "pro" ethernet cards for about $50?

Impossible to answer this without more specific information. The main
difference between an RTL8139 (about $10) and a 3Com905-C (about $30) is
that the RTL8139 requires more attention from the CPU. In a situation
where the machine is maxing out the bandwidth constantly, the 3Com card
will provide better throughput.

> Can LINUX take advantage of these differences?

Impossible to answer this without more specific information.

> The machine I would have 3 of them in would probably be running 2.4.x
> (18 I think).

3 of what? So this is a router, not a gateway. If you're not going to
be maxing out the bandwidth on all the NICs at once, you can use just
about any NICs you want. If I were you, I'd use a kernel more recent
than 2.4.18, too, since that kernel and all kernels before 2.4.26 had a
bug in them that allowed any logged-in user to cause a kernel panic.

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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 03:17:58 +0000 (UTC), (E-Mail Removed) () wrote:

>Hakim Z. Singhji ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
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>: Hi All,
>
>: I am trying to get build a gateway/router on my network and I need to
>: know where I can go to get a good price on 3COM or Intel NIC Cards???
>: Can anyone help me?
>
>I don't know, but I have a question directly related:
>What is the difference between the "standard" ethernet cards for about $12,
>and the "pro" ethernet cards for about $50? Can LINUX take advantage of
>these differences? The machine I would have 3 of them in would probably be
>running 2.4.x (18 I think).
>
>Regards,
>
>James Phillips

There's not much difference. Of course, a 3Com or DLink is higher
quality. Sometimes an off-brand NIC doesn't have the driver that
works properly. Go with a well-known brand and you could save
yourself a headache. I have both 3Com and unknown brand NICs that
work equally well.

Dances With Crows <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> ... all kernels before 2.4.26 had a
> bug in them that allowed any logged-in user to cause a kernel panic.

Would you elaborate on this? In particular, what causes the panic?

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