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On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:34:21 -0700 (MST), Sancho2k.net Lists |
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<lists@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> We've got a dell poweredge 1750 server that we want to use for a firewall. |
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> It has 2 onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (e1000 driver) |
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> and a four port, Intel Pro/1000 card (82546EB Gigabit Ethernet) (tg3 driver). |
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I've got a couple of these and I use the onboard Broadcom ports (tg3 |
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driver, you had the drivers swapped) with gigabit ethernet, and tagged |
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VLANs (802.1q), and they've never been an issue. I also have a Dell |
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D600 laptop, which uses the same chip/driver (on 100 Mbps ethernet), |
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and it doesn't seem to have an issue. Likewise I have a Dell GX240 |
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desktop with the Intel chip (e1000 driver), gigabit ethernet and |
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tagged VLANs, and it works fine. In short, there's not any tangible |
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difference that I've ever noticed, but then I haven't ever tried to |
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benchmark them. |
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In contrast, a lot of the older Dell stuff has 3Com 100 Mbps ethernet |
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(3c59x) which I find has a lot of problems with autonegotiation |
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(mostly HD vs. FD), and needs to be patched for VLANs (last I checked; |
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I don't think I'm using any of these for VLANs at the moment). |
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Computer interfaces should never be made of meat. |
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