D-Link switches and network cards
alvin at Mail.Linux-Consulting.com
alvin at Mail.Linux-Consulting.com
Mon May 21 13:14:45 PDT 2001
hi ya todd
the ($15) dfe-530tx are bad nics...they tend to die/falter when there
is heavy network traffic....
tulip based nic cards tend to be better ... netgear ($25) FA310/fa311
and intel eepro100 based nic cards ( $45) intel pila8460B or better...
have fun
alvin
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Todd Henderson wrote:
> I'm working on building up a small, 4-6 node home Beowulf using Scyld. It seems that D-Link has some pretty
> cheap switches and NIC's. I'm thinking about the D-Link DSS-8 for a switch and the DFE-530TX for NICS.
>
> Anybody have any comments on these and their suppor tunder Scyld?
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> Thanks,
> Todd
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