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Date:      Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:11:50 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To:        Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_rl.c if_rlreg.h
Message-ID:  <20030807105932.F24257@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>
In-Reply-To: <200308070700.h7770UCi046852@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200308070700.h7770UCi046852@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Bill Paul wrote:

>   Tested with the Xterasys XN-152 NIC (hard to beat $29 for a gigE
> NIC).

That's definately not a bad price.  Do the remarks about the earlier
rl cards still apply to the newer generation of rl chips, or has
RealTek improved them to the point where they are actually on par with
their peers?  In other words, what's your take on their performance
and reliability compared to the Intel or Broadcom chipsets?


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