Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:05:40 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: freebsd@isvara.net Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <199802252005.MAA20744@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:58:20 GMT." <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net>
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> > Low system overhead is the key here. I'm starting to see things that look a > > lot like system CPU starvation with the SMC Etherpower 10/100s here on some > > of our fileservers. > > The recently released 3com Fast Etherink XL (rev B) 3C905B NIC is the best money > can buy (apart from server cards costing upwards of 250UKP). > It has lower CPU usage than any other card, helping it to give the fastest > performance. Uh, FTL has one of these. It seems to work just fine, but I would say that at least for FreeBSD the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B still gives you the best throughput:overhead ratio. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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