[tech] ethernet card

[Simon Fryer]

Bing

> A while ago Melissa Challenor tapped:

> It appears that we have a 100 base hub and not enough cards for all the
> machines, including the server  ;)

Which server? 

Apart from the NFS server which will hopefully be on 100BaseT in the 
not too distant future I see little need for putting the mail servers 
etc on 100BaseT. One of the 10/100BaseT switched hubs should be more
than sufficient. I would have trouble seeing that UCC would be able 
to saturate a 10Mb link with DNS, mail, web or NIS traffic. Web is
the only one that will get close I would imagine and if this is the case
then people are putting way too many pics on the web pages. 

> Does anyone have a) any lying around not doing anything, b) any info about
> where to pick these things up relatively cheap ? (if that's possible)

The only place I have them laying around is in my dreams. Buying crap 
ethernet cards will only cause you grief. Buy something decint if 
anything. 

As oposed to buying some network cards I think the money could be better
spend on some storage works bricks and some more memory for morwong. 

Oh, and BTW, yes I am biased towards morwong.

> 			"Protect me from what I want"
> 						Jenny Holtzer	

We are trying to! :-)

See Ya
Simon

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