In comp.os.linux.networking Hactar <ebenONE@tampabay.are-are.com.unmunge> wrote:
> In article <j0mpsb.6er.ln@news.heiming.de>,
> Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de> wrote:
> > In comp.os.linux.networking Craig E. Smith <craigesmith@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm looking for thoughts on the best NIC card to use for a Linux
> > > router implementation. I am concerned with CPU utilization. I have
> > > read that some cards support scatter/gather and interrupt mitigation.
> >
> > From experience NICs with eepro (Intel) chip-set are among the
> > fastest, 3com is another good choice. Avoid cheapo stuff, if you
> > really need performance.

> But don't forget that if you're on DSL or cable modem, then 10Mbps is fast
> enough for the internet (not necessarily fast enough for your LAN, depending
> on what you're doing).

Ack, that NIC doesn't need to be a high performance one, I'm
using rtl8139 cards for that.

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