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Which of these NICs is the best? (for linux)

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I know this sounds like a stupid question ... BUT .. I was having some problems with my netgear FA311 card and redhat .. someone mentioned to me that that chipset sucks the bag .. and I'm not sure which one is good, and which ones are supported .. anyhow, I can get the 3com but it's pricey..

Here are the candidates ... pci nics of course 🙂

Which would YOU get?

edit: oh yeah! the intel card isn't much of an option either as it's not much cheaper than the 3com .. so which one out of the cheapies? .. and if you have a clue, please fill me in on why there such a big price difference .. I was always wondering that. I know it has to do with driver support as well too right? or not maybe ..
 
When in doubt go intel. If I cant get an Intel nic at a reasonable price, I buy linksys. I have not used anything else (3com is junk, dont bother).
 
I've got the Linksys LNE100TX.
Never had a problem with it in any distro I've tried. Most of the time it gets auto-detected.
 
Originally posted by: Tiger
I've got the Linksys LNE100TX.
Never had a problem with it in any distro I've tried. Most of the time it gets auto-detected.
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I have around 4 of them. It has worked with: Slack 7(is that right? 😛), Mandrake 7.1, Debian woody(?), OpenBSD, FreeBSD, BeOS (I think, cant remember for sure).
 
Well Im gonna have to disagree with n0c about 3Com NIC's.

Never had a problem with them, and I prefer them to Intel NIC's, they cost about the same, both perform very well, and both are extremely well supported across a wide range of OS's, my preference goes to 3Com mostly cause I already have a whole load of them, and I see no reason to go with anything else.

Can't go wrong with neither 3Com nor Intel IMO.
 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Well Im gonna have to disagree with n0c about 3Com NIC's.

Never had a problem with them, and I prefer them to Intel NIC's, they cost about the same, both perform very well, and both are extremely well supported across a wide range of OS's, my preference goes to 3Com mostly cause I already have a whole load of them, and I see no reason to go with anything else.

Can't go wrong with neither 3Com nor Intel IMO.
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Thats cool, Im glad you have had good experiences with them. But I have heard from too many experienced admins/developers complain about 3com for me to want to try it. Ill stick with Intel 😉
 
I've had experience with via-rhine, netgear (fa311's), 3com, and intel nic's. I've never had a real problem with any of them.
 
I'd get the Intel. I have a 3com 3c905b. It's not junk, but the Intel is cheaper, and will be just as good if not better.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Sunner
Well Im gonna have to disagree with n0c about 3Com NIC's.

Never had a problem with them, and I prefer them to Intel NIC's, they cost about the same, both perform very well, and both are extremely well supported across a wide range of OS's, my preference goes to 3Com mostly cause I already have a whole load of them, and I see no reason to go with anything else.

Can't go wrong with neither 3Com nor Intel IMO.
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Thats cool, Im glad you have had good experiences with them. But I have heard from too many experienced admins/developers complain about 3com for me to want to try it. Ill stick with Intel 😉
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Well, I could say the same, cept with positive comments, seems to me like it's more a matter of taste than anything.
Around here we have around 50 boxes, give or take a few, running on 905 NIC's, and we've never had a problem with a single one, running Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.

I'll stick with 3Com until Intel gets cheaper than 3Com 😉
 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Sunner
Well Im gonna have to disagree with n0c about 3Com NIC's.

Never had a problem with them, and I prefer them to Intel NIC's, they cost about the same, both perform very well, and both are extremely well supported across a wide range of OS's, my preference goes to 3Com mostly cause I already have a whole load of them, and I see no reason to go with anything else.

Can't go wrong with neither 3Com nor Intel IMO.
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Thats cool, Im glad you have had good experiences with them. But I have heard from too many experienced admins/developers complain about 3com for me to want to try it. Ill stick with Intel 😉
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Well, I could say the same, cept with positive comments, seems to me like it's more a matter of taste than anything.
Around here we have around 50 boxes, give or take a few, running on 905 NIC's, and we've never had a problem with a single one, running Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.

I'll stick with 3Com until Intel gets cheaper than 3Com 😉
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Check Newegg 😉

Yes, my decision to reject 3com is personal opinion and should be taken as such. My experiences with 3com have been almost 50/50.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Sunner
Well Im gonna have to disagree with n0c about 3Com NIC's.

Never had a problem with them, and I prefer them to Intel NIC's, they cost about the same, both perform very well, and both are extremely well supported across a wide range of OS's, my preference goes to 3Com mostly cause I already have a whole load of them, and I see no reason to go with anything else.

Can't go wrong with neither 3Com nor Intel IMO.
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Thats cool, Im glad you have had good experiences with them. But I have heard from too many experienced admins/developers complain about 3com for me to want to try it. Ill stick with Intel 😉
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Well, I could say the same, cept with positive comments, seems to me like it's more a matter of taste than anything.
Around here we have around 50 boxes, give or take a few, running on 905 NIC's, and we've never had a problem with a single one, running Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.

I'll stick with 3Com until Intel gets cheaper than 3Com 😉
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Check Newegg 😉

Yes, my decision to reject 3com is personal opinion and should be taken as such. My experiences with 3com have been almost 50/50.
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I don't know how much Newegg would charge for shipping to Sweden, but I suspect it might make an Intel NIC slightly more expensive than a 3Com NIC from a local store here 😉
I find it kinda funny that you like Intel NIC's though, seeing as Theo(might have been someone else, don't remember) posten about Intel's unwillingness to help the OpenBSD team work on drivers for Intel's NIC's with crypto accellerators, while many other companies, 3Com included, were very helpful 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Sunner
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: Sunner
Well Im gonna have to disagree with n0c about 3Com NIC's.

Never had a problem with them, and I prefer them to Intel NIC's, they cost about the same, both perform very well, and both are extremely well supported across a wide range of OS's, my preference goes to 3Com mostly cause I already have a whole load of them, and I see no reason to go with anything else.

Can't go wrong with neither 3Com nor Intel IMO.
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Thats cool, Im glad you have had good experiences with them. But I have heard from too many experienced admins/developers complain about 3com for me to want to try it. Ill stick with Intel 😉
Click to expand...

Well, I could say the same, cept with positive comments, seems to me like it's more a matter of taste than anything.
Around here we have around 50 boxes, give or take a few, running on 905 NIC's, and we've never had a problem with a single one, running Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD.

I'll stick with 3Com until Intel gets cheaper than 3Com 😉
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Check Newegg 😉

Yes, my decision to reject 3com is personal opinion and should be taken as such. My experiences with 3com have been almost 50/50.
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I don't know how much Newegg would charge for shipping to Sweden, but I suspect it might make an Intel NIC slightly more expensive than a 3Com NIC from a local store here 😉
I find it kinda funny that you like Intel NIC's though, seeing as Theo(might have been someone else, don't remember) posten about Intel's unwillingness to help the OpenBSD team work on drivers for Intel's NIC's with crypto accellerators, while many other companies, 3Com included, were very helpful 🙂
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All of Theo's i386 based machines are socket 370 (I believe, as in almost positive), and he mentions somewhere in the docs on how 3com cards are expensive crap (well its put nicer than that). HiFN cards rock, even if I didnt get the free one I was promised 😛 (friend's fault, not HiFN's 😛)
 
I have to say that Linux these days is pretty easy to configure as long as you select a major brand name. 3Com is standard with most Dell computers and is regarded as one of the best in the industry no matter what anyone on here says. 😀 But I would personally select whichever one is a major brand name that's cheap. LinkSys, NetGear, 3Com, or Intel are my 4 favs. I would suggest that if you're running a high performance server, you need a high performance card (3Com or Intel). Good luck!
 
Originally posted by: TheOmegaCode
I've had experience with via-rhine, netgear (fa311's), 3com, and intel nic's. I've never had a real problem with any of them.
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Thats funny, because it's the fa311 that I'm having problems with. I get ... an error similar to this, not there now, but kinda like this;

xe threshold change

or something .. not even sure, too early and hard to remember.
This is in redhat.
I can't really get either of the better cards, I'm sure both are just as good 😛
what about belkin?
 
D-link DFE 530 tx+ here..Never a problem with either Windows(95,98,ME,XP) Mac OS9, Corel Linux, Mandrake 8 and 9, and SUSE 7.3 and 8.0. Fairly cheap and they work.🙂
 

A NIC that uses tulip & realtek driver work great under linux, but no so good if you are looking at multiple ports.

Intel NIC work perfectly under Linux, Unix, Windows & Mac, and there is not thing better when it comes to multiple ports.
 
Multiple ports?
What do you mean? Like if I have a lot of services listening to various ports, that's where the difference lies?
 
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