Test it. Both should not load CPU a lot. But that doesn't mean they wouldn't. Write here if notice intense interrupts CPU load. My OpenBSD 5.4 amd64 laptop fail to handle 2 MB/s wifi due to some drivers issues (they load CPU up to 100% interrupts). Additional info about interrupts load would be helpful.
24.11.2013, 06:07, "Paul B. Henson" <hen...@acm.org>: > I've got a box with one Intel 82574L based ethernet port and one 82579LM > based ethernet port. One will be hooked up to a 50Mbps wan link, the > other trunked at gigabit speed to a cisco switch (both routing the wan > link, routing some internal vlans, and providing some services). > > Both the 82574L and 82579LM work fine, but I was wondering if one was > better than the other as far as performance or cpu utilization, so I > could make that one the internal link and the other the wan link, > otherwise I guess I'll just hook them up whichever way makes the cables > shorter ;). > > Thanks...
