Thanks to those who responded. Only one person had used the card on an
Alpha (under NT) and had never really stressed it. It is encouraging
though, that someone out there has actually put one in an Alpha. I have
ordered 2 of the cards and we will see.
I will probably post-summary in a month or so to actually let you all
know how the cards run.
susrod_at_hbsi.com
> ----------
> From: seanm_at_sybase.com[SMTP:seanm_at_sybase.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 1:39 PM
> To: Susan Rodriguez
> Subject: Re: [Q] Gigabit Ethernet Card
>
>
> We had their PCI card in an NT box (Intel,6-way,4GB memory)
> using a Foundry gig hub (over Fiber) and it worked fine.
> At 18MB/sec for one test we hardly stressed it.
>
> ....Sean
>
> > From alpha-osf-managers-owner-seanm=sybase.com_at_sws1.ctd.ornl.gov Wed
> Aug 5 10>
> > I am looking at the PCI G-NIC card from PacketEngines. According to
> my
> > vendor, I can pop a G-NIC into each of 2 AS8400's, connect them with
> a
> > FDDI cable, and get around 850MB throughput over a TCP/IP
> connection.
> > >From what I have seen on DEC's website, this is faster and simpler
> than
> > using an ATM Gigaswitch (which is my second option).
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with this card or with the company? It
> > sounds too good to be true, and I am cautious about any driver that
> is a
> > version 1.0.0.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> > Susan
> > susrod_at_hbsi.com
> >
>
Received on Tue Aug 11 1998 - 15:09:28 NZST