Changing Network Card in (Mandrake) Linux Box - GoFuckYourself.com

Paul Waters · 11-23-2004, 04:40 PM

So I got this nice server configured. Old MB and Athlon 800, but should be just fine for a Linux server used for testing and backup.

Samba
Ftp
Apache
MySQL
PHP

I am a very happy camper... but network performance sucks....

After excluding a lot of things... I check the NIC and it is 10 MPS

Dooh!

So I want to switch to a 100.NIC

My doc search and google search tell tons of stuff but not what I want to know....

Anyone been this way before and able to tell me what to do in the hardward config after the switch?

Thanks

Paul Waters · 11-23-2004, 05:39 PM

So I decide to just replace the NIC and see what happens.

Auto-detected and a step by step wizard to configure the changes.

In all cases the old settings were there. So I just tabbed a lot.

I am really impressed by those open source developers and Mandrake.

AgentCash · 11-23-2004, 05:49 PM

Went from RedHat to Mandrake and I must say Mandrake is a very nice flavor of Linux.

I've put together a few Gentoo boxes over the last few months and I think that will be my next move for my Desktop.

Gentoo seems snappier & I love the package management. Plus this Mandrake box has an app with a memory leak somewhere & I end up having to reboot at least once a week, other than that Mandrake has been good to me.

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11-23-2004, 04:40 PM	#1
Paul Waters Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,402	Changing Network Card in (Mandrake) Linux Box So I got this nice server configured. Old MB and Athlon 800, but should be just fine for a Linux server used for testing and backup. Samba Ftp Apache MySQL PHP I am a very happy camper... but network performance sucks.... After excluding a lot of things... I check the NIC and it is 10 MPS Dooh! So I want to switch to a 100.NIC My doc search and google search tell tons of stuff but not what I want to know.... Anyone been this way before and able to tell me what to do in the hardward config after the switch? Thanks __________________ Paul

11-23-2004, 05:39 PM	#2
Paul Waters Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,402	So I decide to just replace the NIC and see what happens. Auto-detected and a step by step wizard to configure the changes. In all cases the old settings were there. So I just tabbed a lot. I am really impressed by those open source developers and Mandrake. __________________ Paul

11-23-2004, 05:49 PM	#3
AgentCash Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 720	Went from RedHat to Mandrake and I must say Mandrake is a very nice flavor of Linux. I've put together a few Gentoo boxes over the last few months and I think that will be my next move for my Desktop. Gentoo seems snappier & I love the package management. Plus this Mandrake box has an app with a memory leak somewhere & I end up having to reboot at least once a week, other than that Mandrake has been good to me. for Open Source