Marcel Prisi a icrit :
Hi all,
I am in the process of reinstalling our OpenBGPd router under OpenBSD
4.0.
We are currently using two fxp's and a quad sis.
The fxp's are ok, but the sis are really bad. It looks like the first of
the four ports (sis0) works OK, but the next three cannot handle more
than ~10mbit/s before losing packets.
I am looking for the best possbible (read most stable) nic/driver
combination, could you please recommend some ? I'd like some gbit nic as
I heard their buffering is better and they can handle more udp traffic,
but as I said, I need the most stable combination.
I can easily get some Realtek 8169 based (not 8139!) re cards, some
Intel gbit em (they seem less stable than fxp ?), and probably some sk
(SMC 9452TX).
Thanks
Hi Marcel,
It's not an answer to your question but i have a similar question about
LAN adaptater.
I am using the integrated NIC of my computer which is a Realtek 8110S. I
have also a 3com 905 PCI card but it's not in the computer. Both card
are just working fine under my OpenBSD installation (gratz OpenBSD
people making everything working :D ).
But i read the well know :
http://www.holland-consulting.net/tech/ocep/index.html#HWSelect (OpenBSD
Commonly Encountered Problems) part What hardware should i use ?
It's a very old article but they say that "Realtek 8139 are reported to
beat up the processor badly". I have a 8110 but it can be true for it.
Do you think, that 3Com or other will be a better choice for my actual
NIC ?
I manage to find a bench :
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/network/20010820/index.html. But it
doesn't worth an answer from people working everyday with these product.
Hope someone would help us finding answers.
Regards,
Nolan
