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Re: [Xen-users] Virtual Network card

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Virtual Network card
From: Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 07:24:54 -0500
Cc: Juan Pablo Torres <juanpablotorres@xxxxxxxxx>
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Juan Pablo Torres wrote:
> Hello everyone; i have this question with Xen.
> My physical server has two gigabit lan nic cards, and i have three Win 2003
> running on it, but Xen seems to show them a Realtek RTL8139.
> Thats a 10/100 nic card; will the virtual machines still be able to
> transmit at 1000mbps?

it emulates the register set of a Realtek card, but not its performance.  the 
bandwith you get is limited by software, not hardware.


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Javier

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