[Novalug] ethernet/network performance/SUSE 10.2

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Sat Feb 3 22:07:45 EST 2007


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It'll *likely* involve getting the binary to work for maximum
performance.  But the NVIDIA gigabyte embedded is known to be a flaky
setup for some people.  Good luck.

Ken

Kevin Kitts wrote:
> I'm not entirely opposed to "fixes" like this - I actually have a couple
> of netgear PCI ethernet cards still in their box in shrink wrap (how
> strange is that), Unfortunately, I have one of these SFF (short form
> factor) computers by shuttle and there are no PCI slots in the machine.
> I've loved the aethetics, quality build and many other features - but
> lack of expanability is a definte negative...
> 
> I have 1 available PCI-express 1x slot available - though I'd really
> like to leave it open for future expansion and get the built-in ethernet
> working. It works great on XP - so I know that it *can* work... ;-)
> 
> Kevin
> 
> On 2/3/07, *Ken Kauffman* <kkauffman@headfog.com
> <mailto:kkauffman@headfog.com>> wrote:
> 
> Honestly.  I "fixed" my Nforce Ethernet problem by dropping another card
> in the machine.  If none of your gear in the house is 1000Gb, then I'd
> say get a cheap 10/100 card and go from there.  I like the DLINK
> DFE530TX+.
> 
> Ken
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