[geeks] Opinion: RTL8169 vs. Intel PCI e1000?

[Ido Dubrawsky]

I would second the recommendation for the Intel.  When I built my ESX box at home the Realtek chip was a pain to get to work (not officially supported by VMware) and when I did get it to work, it would lock up every so often.  The Intel card has been flawless.

Ido

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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 01:41:02 -0600
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
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Subject: [geeks] Opinion: RTL8169 vs. Intel PCI e1000?
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The new ohno.mrbill.net has (and is using) a Realtek 8169-chipset onboard gigabit network interface.

Should I look into finding a PCI Intel e1000 card to use instead, and disable the onboard?  The box isn't bandwidth or CPU-constrained at all, but I want to run the very best system that I can, while I'm in a period when the occasional reboot is allowed for tweaking. 8-)

Thoughts?

Bill

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