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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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Colin Frank wrote:
> 
> In the following test. I was able to achieve close to 40 MegaBytes
> per second using the packet engines Hamachi driver.
> 
> http://www.linuxcare.com/labs/sol-val/3w-esc6800-web.epl
> Test done with:
>     Packet engines Hamachi card
>     3ware escalade 6800
>     2.2.16 kernel.
>     Cisco 6500
>     10 - 20 client machines each with eepro100 cards
> 
> Colin...

I've had good luck with the Netgear GA620, and it's very cheap
too...  I was testing on the 2.4.3 kernel and RH 7.0.  It worked
w/out problem.

It's a fiber NIC.

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