a simple question...

[ross8425]

i am in the process of making a linux machine / firewall and since i would run the cable modem directly into the machine, is there any problem with using an old 10mb ethernet card? i have a 3 meg down, and since i would have to buy 1 more card, its obviously going to be a 10/100, so would having that 10 meg card in there affect my network performance via computer to computer

 

[n0cmonkey]

Since you only have 3mbit down, a 10mbit card on the outside wouldn't affect much. Watch out for ISA cards though, they can often be a PITA, sometimes it's better to spend the $5-10 on an ok PCI 10/100 card.

 

[ross8425]

yeah the card i got is a pci. its in my desktop right now (i had another computer hooked to it testing something) but its not my main one. thanks for the answer

 

[n0cmonkey]

I don't know if I've ever seen a PCI 10mbit card.

I used a 10mbit ISA 3com card in my OpenBSD firewall when I was running one. Worked just fine. Prefered Intel of Linksys though.

GL with it all.

 

[jjoyner]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I don't know if I've ever seen a PCI 10mbit card.

I used a 10mbit ISA 3com card in my OpenBSD firewall when I was running one. Worked just fine. Prefered Intel of Linksys though.

GL with it all.

They are actually common in prefab machines like dells early models.

A 10mbit card with a 3mb pipe through it may have some hiccups. Think about an 11mb connection on 802.11b. If you setup a proxy over that (one wireless LAN to another WLAN) you will experience major slowdowns. You need to justify your application of a NIC to the amount of clients on the network.