The LANforge system can severely stress the capabilities of many ethernet drivers and cards under Linux. This page is an attempt to give detailed information on the performance and stability of various ethernet cards and drivers that we have used. We welcome feedback and any updates to this information that you may have.
If you are a driver writer and wish to fix any of the broken cards, we'll probably loan or give you the card! Likewise, if you want us to abuse your card/driver, send them to me, or download LANforge and test them yourself!
| Adapter | driver | Link Negotiation & Other Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Intel pro/1000 (all models) | e1000 | Supports all features, including auto-negotiate, jumbo frames, 802.1Q VLANs, and receive-all-packets (which allows the NIC, when running the Candela Linux kernel, to receive ethernet frames with bad CRC and other errors on demand.) |
| Intel EtherExpress-PRO-B PHY: i82555 Eth Chip: GD82559 |
EEPRO: v1.09j-7 Rev: 1.36 |
Single chip solution (PHY is internal). Supports flow-control too. |
| Intel EtherExpress-PRO-B PHY: i82555 Eth Chip: S82558B |
EEPRO: v1.09j-7 Rev: 1.36 |
Single chip solution (PHY is internal). Supports flow-control. |
| Intel EtherExpress-PRO-B PHY: S82555 Eth Chip: S82557 |
EEPRO: v1.09j-7 Rev: 1.36 |
Slightly older, but works like a champ. No flow-control. |
| Compaq NC3122 Dual-Port PHY: i82555 Eth Chip: S82558B |
EEPRO: v1.09j-7 Rev: 1.36 |
Seems to work perfect. Supports flow-control too. |
| D-LINK DFE-570TX REV-A1 One: 21152AB Four: 21143TD |
Tulip Rev: 0.9.15-pre2 |
Seems to work perfect on all 4 ports. |
| P430-tx | Tulip Current 2.6.11 kernel driver |
Works great, one of the best 4-port 100Mbps NICs, just like the DFE-570tx |
| Adapter | driver | Link Negotiation & Other Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Intel EtherExpress-PRO-B PHY: DP83840 Eth Chip: S82557 |
EEPRO: v1.09j-7 Rev: 1.36 |
Has problems with changing from Auto-negotiation to Fixed and back. If you don't mess with it too much, though, it works OK. Runs fast when working! |
| Compaq Netelligent
2-port Rev. 16 |
TLAN v1.14a | Cannot set link speed to any fixed rates. Mostly seems to work though. |
| Adapter | driver | Link Negotiation & Other Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ZNYX ZX346Q PHY: ?? Eth Chip: 21143-PD |
Tulip: 0.9.15-pre1 | Will not auto-negotiate correctly. Cannot be set to fixed speed with mii-diag. The driver is known to be busted at this point, and will hopefully get better shortly. Expensive too. |
| Adapter | driver | Link Negotiation & Other Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptec ANA-6944A Eth Chip: 21140-AF |
Tulip: 0.9.15-pre1 | Completely locks up my computer when I 'insmod tulip'. Becker said it might be interrupt routing issues. |
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Last modified: Tue Jun 03 17:00:00 PDT 2008