[clug] Linux Router

[Grahame Jordan]

I have found the rtl8139 cards to be slow on download.
For speed use intel cards eepro100 driver or 3COM

Test with ncftp and a 20-30MB file upload and download.
You should get ~10MBps both ways on an intel card.
On the 8139 cards I generally get ~3-4MBps download and 8MBps upload

There is a good client server program to test overall throughput
http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/netpipe/

Cheers

Grahame Jordan

> We are planning on setting up a linux router in between the rest of
> the network and our small group of Alphas.
>
> So we want to be able to move large data sets to the alphas. So we
> would like the router to be fast.
>
> What sort of network cards should we use ?
>
> Would a 400 MHz celeron with a pair of rtl8139 cards be fast enough ?
>
> Or do we need some sort of bus mastering ultra fast 3Com cards ?
>
> Duncan
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