[mythtvnz] Realtek NICs

[Solor Vox]

On 13 May 2010 18:37, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> No one seems to measure link speeds in bytes (I think because bit numbers
> are better for marketing), but it's probably more common for bandwidth
> numbers to be in bytes than in bits. File transfer speeds, bittorrent etc
> all seem to be in KB/s.
>

Well,

I would also say that while the standard today is files in bytes (8
bits), a long time ago it wasn't.  Several systems used 7-bit files so
it doesn't make sense to use a standard that doesn't fit all systems.
Plus what you see as "file transfer speed" doesn't account for TCP,
IP, PPPoE, ATM, etc. packet headers.  This all has to be transfered
down the line.  So from the ISP/telco side, they are really sending
plain bits.  What you put down the pipe doesn't matter to them.

Back on topic, I have a realtek and get good speeds without
blacklisting or using custom drivers.

07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)

[  3]  0.0-10.0 sec  1.05 GBytes    900 Mbits/sec
$ lsmod |grep r81
r8169                  39554  0

Linux 2.6.32-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 28 13:28:05 UTC 2010
x86_64 GNU/Linux

That speed is with other network traffic, so could be a bit higher
without it.  I've also got a few older systems with realtek and not
had any problems with speeds.

Cheers,
sV