[CentOS] 1 Gbit/s Ethernet NIC under CentOS

Nico Kadel-Garcia nkadel at gmail.com
Thu Dec 2 00:19:47 UTC 2010


On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks. Looks good.
>
> I just looked around - looks like manufacturers tend not to list the
> chipset in their NIC specifications (like here, for instance:
> http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=140_TEG-PCITXR&cat=14
> )

In fact, they lie. All sorts of add-on cards from various vendors,
with the same card "type" and model number, have different chipsets.

This has caused me endless grief in environments where my employer
refused to do normal kernel updates, and the new chipsets were only
compatible with the newer kernel.

> Is there a list somewhere out there listing what card features what chipset?
>
> It definitely looks like it is best to just stick to the better
> chipsets - might be a little more expensive but definitely worth the
> money.

See above, and yes.



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