Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:00:26 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 3C905B-TX Message-ID: <19990722170026.T84734@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <37969E91.1B796532@criterion-group.com>; from Roy Bettle on Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 09:31:13PM -0700 References: <37969E91.1B796532@criterion-group.com>
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On Wednesday, 21 July 1999 at 21:31:13 -0700, Roy Bettle wrote: > Quick question (I hope): > > We are building a high-traffic MP3 site that will, along with Web and > FTP services, run the SHOUTcast audio multicast server for FreeBSD. > > We have had good results in Linux, NetWare, NT, et al with 3Com 10/100 > cards, so at this point we intend to use them in the new server. > > Being something of a newbie to the FreeBSD world, I have 2 questions: > > 1) Is the 3Com 3C905B-TX a solid choice for a high-traffic FreeBSD > server, or should I use something else like the Intel Pro 10/100? I believe the Intel boards are more highly thought of. But I've been using 3COM boards for a long time, and I haven't had any particular problems. > 2) When configuring the cards using 3C90XCFG, should I leave them in > plug-n-pray mode or does it make any difference? The tests we've run so > far work either way, but they've not been under load as yet. The setting just ensures that the system will find the board. It won't have any effect on the behaviour of the board once the system has recognized it. Leave it whichever way you prefer. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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