On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Tim Wilson wrote: > I need to buy a new NIC and I noticed that the Intel Pro/100 NICs have > 168-bit 3DES coprocessors. Just out of curiosity, can Linux utilize that > coprocessor automatically, or does that have to be built into the > driver? I bought a couple of these a few months ago at a good price (think <$3). My immediate findings were that the 3DES functionality is unsupported. See: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/2002-10/msg00044.html Aside from that, they work just like a regular Pro/100, IIRC. > On a side note, which NIC gives the most bang for the buck these days? Good > Linux support is an obvious requirement. I've been pretty happy with both 3Com & Intel, but then, I haven't paid retail for them in quite some time. ;) Jima _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list