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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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To: kirk@strauser.com (Kirk Strauser)
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> 
> On Wednesday 06 July 2005 11:32, Casey Scott wrote:
> > I am experiencing the same rebooting under network stress that others on
> > this list have reported. The box is using 3com 905b's, and I would like
> > to try another NIC in the box to make sure that this isn't just a driver
> > issue, though I strongly suspect it isn't. Can someone suggest a common
> > 100 MB NIC that has proven to be very stable in 5.x?
> 
> Intel EtherExpress PROs (fxp driver) are pretty much universally respected.
> 
> Kirk Strauser
> 

We have had good experiences with the Intel based (fxp) NICs 
at 10, 100 and 1000 Mb.

////jerry