Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (194 mails)

[Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@xxxxxxxxx>]

 --- Dave Williams <David@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Hi everyone

Hey Dave...
 
> I'm building a Samba server. Am I right in thinking that the NIC is
> going
> to be the bootleneck in most configurations and if so

Hmm, I think you're very much mistaken...NIC support in Linux has come a
long way. Heck, I just installed an old ISA 3COM card to try and phase out
my PLIP connection at home :)

Usually, hardware is detected on boot, but you can always use "hwinfo" as
a means of detecting your card.

> 1) how can I find out if the NIC is running at full duplex?

"ifconfig" usually shows this, but a more easier way is to issue the
command:

dmesg | less

or

dmesg | grep -i duplex

if you're lazy :)

> 2) can anyone recommend a Gigabit card to work with Suse 8.2?

Nope -- check the net for that!

-- Thomas Adam

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Thomas Adam

"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com

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