Intel NIC (Network interface controller) vs Killer E2200

[OneMoar]

mines bigger

 

[Aquinus]

mines bigger

My gateway has a Phenom II 960T in it and I add on to it using PCI-E and there are more than enough slots to fill. If we're really going to play the bigger game...

$ uname -a
Linux Sophia 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
$ lspci | grep Ethernet
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3963        448       3515          0         81        187
-/+ buffers/cache:        179       3784
Swap:         3839          0       3839
$ uptime
11:36:16 up 14:31,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05

My uptime would be better but I lost power for several hours last night and again a week earlier while I was on vacation up north.

 

[OneMoar]

My gateway has a Phenom II 960T in it and I add on to it using PCI-E and there are more than enough slots to fill. If we're really going to play the bigger game...

$ uname -a
Linux Sophia 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
model name      : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor
$ lspci | grep Ethernet
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3963        448       3515          0         81        187
-/+ buffers/cache:        179       3784
Swap:         3839          0       3839
$ uptime
11:36:16 up 14:31,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05

My uptime would be better but I lost power for several hours last night and again a week earlier while I was on vacation up north.

thats cheating

 

[Aquinus]

thats cheating

How is it cheating? I dedicated the hardware to doing a task (much like you chose a residential router,) and I configured it myself IPTables and all. If me using my experience is cheating, I think we're all in trouble. I do still have an E4200 serving up the Wi-Fi and switching my TV, and gaming console but the E4200 can't do a fraction that the full blow tower can do. So it's not a matter of cheating, it's a matter of making the box do what I needed it to do. Also I did it not because the E4200 was too slow, but that it couldn't do enough.

If someone came and showed me their fiber or 10Gbps network at home, I would call it fair game.

 

[OneMoar]

unless its also a media server/NAS its super overkill

 

[remixedcat]

Mine is traffic shaping

unless its also a media server/NAS its super overkill

No. I got a Meraki Z1, for my main router, Two Aruba RAP109 APs, Meraki MR12 AP, Dlink DAP2690 AP for my enterprise wireless + a d-link DGS-1210-10P manged switch + an Amped RTA15, R20000G, Netgear WNDR4500V2, WGR614 for consumer grade routers/wireless, a Netgear homeplug (too lazy to look lol) and An Amped PLA2 homeplug and a buncha various adapters for my network hardware stuff and I'm sure I missed something.. LOL.

 

[OneMoar]

Mine is traffic shaping


No. I got a Meraki Z1, for my main router, Two Aruba RAP109 APs, Meraki MR12 AP, Dlink DAP2690 AP for my enterprise wireless + a d-link DGS-1210-10P manged switch + an Amped RTA15, R20000G, Netgear WNDR4500V2, WGR614 for consumer grade routers/wireless, a Netgear homeplug (too lazy to look lol) and An Amped PLA2 homeplug and a buncha various adapters for my network hardware stuff and I'm sure I missed something.. LOL.

not everbody hosts a topsite in there basement lol
just a weee bit overkill for the context of the op ..

 

[Aquinus]

unless its also a media server/NAS its super overkill

It's a media server (miniDLNA), a Samba server, runs RAID-5 as redundancy for RAID-5 on my tower, it runs DHCP, DNS (BIND), IPTables, and PPTP. It runs transmission-daemon and I do big download on it instead of my tower (since it does have storage on that RAID-5) and has a direct connection to the internet. I also do some level of development on it but nothing huge. All in all, it's a server, NAS, and gateway all in one box. It's also capable of routing very quickly, so if the box is already running, why not use it for that as well? All in all, it works out well for me.

That's part of what I meant by "the E4200 isn't too slow [for routing], it just can't do enough," and I don't want to run a bunch of different machines for different tasks and my i7 machine doesn't stay on 24/7 and is allowed to go to sleep. Honestly, I would like to ditch the E4200 and just put PCI-E wi-fi cards in the gateway.

 

[Mussels]

look guys i love the router conversation as much as the next guy with three boxes of routers because i'm a hoarder and WHAT IF ONE BREAKS, but its kinda off topic. maybe make a thread about it and we all move over there?

 

[Aquinus]

look guys i love the router conversation as much as the next guy with three boxes of routers because i'm a hoarder and WHAT IF ONE BREAKS, but its kinda off topic. maybe make a thread about it and we all move over there?

Started one over here.

 

[cdawall]

As this has already been necro'd can anyone explain to me how Killer nics do better than lets say the atheros chipsets they are based on? Technically my gateway from 2009 uses the same wireless N card killer used for years...

 

[brandonwh64]

Are we really comparing routers? Mines pretty big LOL

 

[Mussels]

As this has already been necro'd can anyone explain to me how Killer nics do better than lets say the atheros chipsets they are based on? Technically my gateway from 2009 uses the same wireless N card killer used for years...

software tricks to prioritise certain ports/traffic over others. So it'd make your game traffic go first, torrents later.


This of course only works if that one killer network adaptor is the only device using the internet at the time, cant do shit if the lag/congestion is caused elsewhere (like at your modem)

 

[Rhyseh]

Holy necro batman. Here's a recent review no idea how accurate the testing methodology is, but the results are so close that it doesn't even matter.