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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:20:18 -0800
Subject: GigE vs. 100BaseTX ?
From: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net>
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We have a machine (network backup server) that hits 85Mbits/sec on it
ethernet. Would upgrading to a GigE interface improve performance very much?
Does the Intel GigE card perform checksum generation?

We're using 4.7. Is the Intel GigE NIC supported in this version of FreeBSD?

Thanks,

Joe


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