At 11:20 AM 4/14/00 +0300, Matti Aarnio wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 02:44:17AM -0400, kiran keshava wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I heard a few days back that someone is Installing Many many NICs on a
>> linux machine. I am also working on benchmarking a Linux Box as a router
>> and am planing on installing six 4-port 10/100Mbps Ethernet cards (total
>> 24 ports) on it. I was wondering which card would be a good pick,
>> presently I'm thinkin of using Matrox NS-FNIC/4 multiport 10/100Mbps
>> ethernet cards. This card is rather new and seems to have a problem with
>> the drivers. Is there any other 4-port ethernet card that anyone else has
>> used and would recommend for usage at 100Mbps ???
The more cards you put in the system the lower your overall bus throughput
capability (on a single bus system) So be careful. At about 400Mb/s you may
start to see bus problems (in the form of transmitter underrruns or
receiver overruns).
db
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