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Re: Gigabit ethernet network cards and hubs? (fwd)

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  • Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet network cards and hubs? (fwd)
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:14:58 -0600 (MDT)

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:58:57 -0600 (MDT)
From: John Clyne <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet network cards and hubs?

Joe, there are some folks at LLNL that have done some fairly exhaustive
performance analysis of GigE on linux. They've also written drivers to
support "jumbo" packets. I can get you a contact if you're interested.

jc

Joe Van Andel writes:
> 
> 
> I want to test network performance between Linux machines over Gigabit
> ethernet.  We would like to build a small network where one of the
> machines would be attached to the hub via fiber, and the rest would be
> attached via copper.
> 
> 
> Has anyone else measured performance over Gigabit ethernet?
> 
> 
> Are there hubs that offer both fiber and copper connections?
> 
> Any favorite vendors that you'd recommend for gigabit PCI cards and
> hubs?
> 
> Thanks much!