[CentOS] 1 Gbit/s Ethernet NIC under CentOS

Thu Dec 2 02:45:46 UTC 2010
William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com>

On 12/1/2010 2:33 PM, Boris Epstein wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Gilbert Sebenste
> <sebenste at weather.admin.niu.edu>  wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, Steve Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 1 Dec 2010, Timo Schoeler wrote:
>>>
>>>> Intel. Broadcom. That's what we use here w/o any issues; however, there
>>>> are some Intel NICs that are *not* able to handle Jumbo Frames due to an
>>>> internal design glitch.
>>> Seconded. I have a load of Intel 82576 and 82571EB's, and there have been
>>> no issues at all, including with Jumbo frames.
>> Thirded. :-) Same thing here, even with generic Intel 1 GB Ethernet cards.
>>
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>> Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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> 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
> )
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Boris.
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trendnet is realtek.