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Re: [Xen-users] Virtual Network card

To: "Javier Guerra Giraldez" <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Virtual Network card
From: "Juan Pablo Torres" <juanpablotorres@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:30:34 -0200
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>it emulates the register set of a Realtek card, but not its performance
>the bandwith you get is limited by software, not hardware.
I agree with that, but what should i do to eliminate that limitation and get full speed?

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.


--
Javier

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