On Tue, 31 May 2005 12:32:15 +0300, Mr.Jason wrote:

>> I have had no problems when using the DLINK card. The card
>> uses the 8139too module.
>>
>> Here is the relevent info from lspci:
>> 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
>>
>> And from dmesg:
>> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe09c3000, 00:50:xx:xx:xx:xx, IRQ 11
>> eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C'
>
> Thank you! Do you think that card is good enough for server? I mean
> stability issue, it wont go down all of a sudden? Or if theres lots of
> traffic or even DOS attack..
> Mr.Jason
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>
These inexpensive cards work for me. YMMV.

I have a couple of simple firewall/routers which are dual NIC with these
cards. The cards don't seem to be the critical mode of failure in these
boxes (but come to think of it, these boxes work great all the time.)
None of my equipment is heavily loaded. YMMV.

There is another box with dual Netgear FA310 (another inexpensive card)
and it works fine also. Both the Netgear card and the DLink card are
supported for use with SMP hardware/kernels. YMMV.