Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:21:19 -0800 (PST) From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: freebsd@isvara.net, karl@mcs.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <199802252021.MAA28463@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <199802252005.MAA20744@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Feb 25, 98 12:05:40 pm"
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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. > Intel EtherExpress Pro/100+ cost $59 OEM at a shop in S.F. I get > 8MB/sec through a Cisco Cat 5000 switch to/from a SGI O2. Can't see any issue with CPU load. Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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