gigabit nics for alpha?

Alan Walpool · External Since: Oct 13, 2004 Posts: 15

Hi,

I have an alphastation 200 running linux. I wanted to install a
gigabit nic in the card. I tried the intel gigabit card and the d-link
gigabit nic card. Neither card would function. Does anyone know of a
gigabit nic that will work with this computer with Linux?

I use debian etch with a 2.6.x kernel.

Thanks,

Alan

Staffan Tjernstrom · External Since: Aug 29, 2006 Posts: 10

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 07:50 -0500, Alan Walpool wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an alphastation 200 running linux. I wanted to install a
> gigabit nic in the card. I tried the intel gigabit card and the d-link
> gigabit nic card. Neither card would function. Does anyone know of a
> gigabit nic that will work with this computer with Linux?
>
> I use debian etch with a 2.6.x kernel.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
>
Are you using AlphaBIOS or SRM? If the latter, does either card show up
properly if you do a SHOW SYSTEM from the >>> prompt?

Alan Walpool · External Since: Oct 13, 2004 Posts: 15

>>>>> "Staffan" == Staffan Tjernstrom <news.DeleteThis@staffan.tjernstrom.name> writes:

okay.

d-link card did not show up at all. 530T was the model. I returned
that to the store yesterday.

intel i82540EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 2
shows up in devices and the driver loads without errors. However,
there is no network connection. It says cable is disconnected. I have
checked the cable with cable tester and tried several different
cables. Of interest this card will not work in any old pentium pro
systems I have around. I suspect something is not compatible. At least
in the alpha the card is seen.

Okay. I installed intel card in powermac beige g3 (very old mac). It
works perfectly. Go figure! The d-link card would not work in any old
pci based computers I have.

I guess the question is what pci 1000Base-T cards work in older pci
systems. I have read some information and most of the newer 1000Base-T
cards require pci 2.2 specs. Don't have a clue what pci specs these
systems use.

I guess it is time to throw this stuff away Wink

).

Thanks,

Alan

Staffan> On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 07:50 -0500, Alan Walpool wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an alphastation 200 running linux. I wanted to install a
>> gigabit nic in the card. I tried the intel gigabit card and the
>> d-link gigabit nic card. Neither card would function. Does anyone
>> know of a gigabit nic that will work with this computer with
>> Linux?
>>
>> I use debian etch with a 2.6.x kernel.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alan
>>
Staffan> Are you using AlphaBIOS or SRM? If the latter, does either
Staffan> card show up properly if you do a SHOW SYSTEM from the >>>
Staffan> prompt?

Måns_Rullgård · External Since: Jul 29, 2004 Posts: 952

Alan Walpool <awalpool.RemoveThis@onzedge.net> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have an alphastation 200 running linux. I wanted to install a
> gigabit nic in the card. I tried the intel gigabit card and the d-link
> gigabit nic card. Neither card would function. Does anyone know of a
> gigabit nic that will work with this computer with Linux?

I doubt the CPU in that machine would be fast enough to handle that
much traffic anyway.

--
Måns Rullgård
mru.RemoveThis@inprovide.com

DiskMan · External Since: Oct 11, 2005 Posts: 20

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Staffan Tjernstrom · External Since: Aug 29, 2006 Posts: 10

On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 06:19 +0000, DiskMan wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:21:45 +0100, MÃ¥ns RullgÃ¥rd wrote:
>
> > Alan Walpool <awalpool.RemoveThis@onzedge.net> writes:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have an alphastation 200 running linux. I wanted to install a
> >> gigabit nic in the card. I tried the intel gigabit card and the d-link
> >> gigabit nic card. Neither card would function. Does anyone know of a
> >> gigabit nic that will work with this computer with Linux?
> >
> > I doubt the CPU in that machine would be fast enough to handle that
> > much traffic anyway.
>
> That's what i was thinking.. I found some stats for a AlphaPC LX cluster,
> and they used gigabit nics and their max through put was somewhere around
> 260/s max... Will L G
>
Sounds about right given that we pretty much saturate a 1.25GHz EV67 if
we push max rates through all 4 ports on a quad 100 NIC.

DiskMan · External Since: Oct 11, 2005 Posts: 20

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