On 28/10/09 13:37, susmit shannigrahi wrote:

Hi,

Can someone please help me with this?
This person is looking for an PCI-based quad-port NIC which will work
on Fedora/CentOS.

Thanks.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Indranil Das Gupta<indradg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Subject: Query on dual/quad port NIC

Susmit,

I'm looking for a PCI-based dual (preferably) quad-port NIC. The card
needs to work (preferably with all 4 ports functioning) on Fedora/CentOS (Linux
kernel 2.6.26 and upward (i386 arch))

thanks
-idg





Susmit,
Intel does a lot of them, and they almost certainly will work with
Fedora/RHEL.


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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Tristan Santore
<tristan.santore@internexusconnect.net> wrote:
> On 28/10/09 13:37, susmit shannigrahi wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can someone please help me with this?
>> This person is looking for an PCI-based quad-port NIC which will work
>> on Fedora/CentOS.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Indranil Das Gupta<indradg@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:01 PM
>> Subject: Query on dual/quad port NIC
>>
>> Susmit,
>>
>> I'm looking for a PCI-based dual (preferably) quad-port NIC. The card
>> needs to work (preferably with all 4 ports functioning) on Fedora/CentOS
>> (Linux
>> kernel 2.6.26 and upward (i386 arch))
>>
>> thanks
>> -idg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Susmit,
> Intel does a lot of them, and they almost certainly will work with
> Fedora/RHEL.
>

Any Broadcom/Intel (bnx/e1000) cards that have gone through the Red
Hat Hardware Certifications should be a safe bet. (check the product
specs for a card similar to what you want, then go to
hardware.redhat.com to see if that server is certified. If so, there
is a good chance of support.

Alternative, check bugzilla/git.kernel.org for commits related to the
NIC model#.

- Nigel

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Hi,

Depends on which PCI interface is meant.

PCI:
D-Link DFE-580TX uses sundance driver

PCI-X 133MHZ:
Intel PWLA8494GT Pro/1000GT uses e1000 driver

PCIe:
HP NC364T, 4x 1000Base-T, PCIe x4 (435508-B21)
Intel Gigabit ET Server Adapter, 4x 1000Base-T, PCIe x4, low profile
(E1G44ET)
Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter, 4x 1000Base-SX, PCIe x4 (EXPI9404PF)
Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter, 4x 1000Base-T, PCIe x4 (EXPI9404PT)
Intel PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter, 4x 1000Base-T, PCIe x4, low profile
(EXPI9404PTL)

all use the e1000e driver

I googled them and looked at what chipset they use. I haven't actually
tested them.

Hope this helps.

Felix

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Hi,

Thank you all for such prompt replies.
This was very helpful.

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On 10/28/2009 09:37 AM, susmit shannigrahi wrote:

Hi,

Can someone please help me with this?
This person is looking for an PCI-based quad-port NIC which will work
on Fedora/CentOS.

Thanks.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Indranil Das Gupta<indradg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Subject: Query on dual/quad port NIC

Susmit,

I'm looking for a PCI-based dual (preferably) quad-port NIC. The card
needs to work (preferably with all 4 ports functioning) on Fedora/CentOS (Linux
kernel 2.6.26 and upward (i386 arch))

thanks
-idg







I know you have already received several recommendations... but I did
not see this one amoung them.


SUN created a quad port NIC many years ago... they called 'Happy Meal'
because it was based a chipset called 'Big Mac'.


They routinely sell on ebay for less than $20 (USD).

Here's one example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SUN-4-PORT-NIC-CARD-10-100-QUAD-ETHERNET-501-5406-64BIT_W0QQitemZ370281441147QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_D efaultDomain_0?hash=item56367e677b


I know these work... because I have 2 of them I've used in the past.

Here's a page on the gadget: http://www.x1034a.com/
That'll give you the majority of the Technical Specs.

Lyos Gemini Norezel
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Hi Lyos,


> I know you have already received several recommendations... but I did not
> see this one amoung them.
>
> SUN created a quad port NIC many years ago... they called 'Happy Meal'
> because it was based a chipset called 'Big Mac'.
>
> They routinely sell on ebay for less than $20 (USD).
>
> Here's one example:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/SUN-4-PORT-NIC-CARD-10-100-QUAD-ETHERNET-501-5406-64BIT_W0QQitemZ370281441147QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_D efaultDomain_0?hash=item56367e677b


That is great!!!! I appreciate all the helps, please don't take it
otherwise, but this person was looking for a cheap solution so I
think this will be perfect.

> I know these work... because I have 2 of them I've used in the past.

This is the best part.
Thanks a lot!!!!




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