Re: i386 home firewall/router/nat bottleneck diagnostics?

[Steve Pribyl <steve%unliketea.com@localhost>]

I can confirm that the rtk card a problem on netbsd and the intel cards are 
worth the expence. I have spent many hour trying to get cut rate cards to work 
and just don't was my time with them any more.

Steve
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yancm%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 01:57:10PM -0000, yancm%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost 
> wrote: >> Network cards: >> - to the cable modem I have a realtek 8169SC >> 
> which uses the re driver. Mode is 1000baseTX. >> >> - to the internal network 
> I have a realtek 8139 >> which uses the rtk driver. Mode is 100BaseTX. > I 
> think that 8139 (rtk) is not happy when it has to share its > interupt line - 
> e.g. machines with lots of PCI slots. > > The advice is to get a Real Network 
> Card for the inner network, > too. This sounds like practical advice, and I'm 
> OK with doing this. But...what do I need for a "Real Network Card"? Is an 
> 8169SC based card "real" enough? I can obtain them for $8-20US. Others have 
> specifically said only Intel, which I see at $25-50US. I know, I know...you 
> get what you pay for...but is the cost difference really worth it in this 
> case? Are there other chipsets or manufacturers that behave well?