Cheap ethernet card for T-1 server?

[Demonic]

I need some help deciding on a networking card for this server I will be colocating. It will be on a T-1 connection.. so I'd like to make sure the card can maintain constant flow and utalize 100% of the bandwidth. ..These cheap netgear cards I have here vary from 400kbps to about 1.2mbps.

Any suggestions?

 

[Garion]

Even the cheapest of the cheap cards can handle a T1 - 1.5Mb/s. The worst performing 100BaseT card I've ever seen topped out at about 50Mb/s. if you're getting 400K-1.2Mb, you've got something wrong.

In any case, if you want a "good" NIC, get one from 3Com or Intel.

- G

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Demonic
I need some help deciding on a networking card for this server I will be colocating. It will be on a T-1 connection.. so I'd like to make sure the card can maintain constant flow and utalize 100% of the bandwidth. ..These cheap netgear cards I have here vary from 400kbps to about 1.2mbps.

Any suggestions?

Perhaps the one you are using is 10Mbit?


either that our your t1 line just isn't perfect

 

[Demonic]

I haven't colocated it yet. Never tested on the T1. My testing is on my home network which consists of an 8Port 10/100 D-Link switch and 5 computers with 10/100 Netgear NICs. 1.2mbps is about as high as I can hit transfering a 600mb file.

 

[Goosemaster]

so if you are not going over the T1 in your testing, most likely your cards are set to 10Mbits/s (problem b)




10Mbit usally gets around 2Mbps so it is not off by much....

 

[ktwebb]

Even at 10BaseT 1.2 Mbps would suck. 1.2MBps would be incredibly efficient on the other hand. My guess is he means 1.2MBps and has 10/100 autonegotiate on the cards. The 600Mb file he mentions would indicate that since he surely is trying to bench with a 600 MB file. Even at that he still could have an autonegotiation problem like you mentioned. I'd think even a cheap 10/100 Linksys switch could sustain 7 or 8 MBps.