From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 21:50:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52BEE16A420 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:50:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rink@charm.il.fontys.nl) Received: from mail.unilogicnetworks.net (mail-out.unilogicnetworks.net [62.133.192.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAAE43D58 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:50:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rink@charm.il.fontys.nl) Received: from mail.il.fontys.nl (mx0.il.fontys.nl [194.26.13.7]) by mail.unilogicnetworks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6B40EF180; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:50:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.il.fontys.nl (Postfix/VSRI) with ESMTP id D4EEE17043; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:55:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.il.fontys.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sukke.il.fontys.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 94333-09; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:55:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from charm.il.fontys.nl (www.il.fontys.nl [IPv6:2001:4128:1000:1000::10]) by mail.il.fontys.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:55:52 +0100 (CET) Received: by charm.il.fontys.nl (Postfix, from userid 1678) id 0B75241CD; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:47:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:47:18 +0100 From: Rink Springer To: Charles Swiger Message-ID: <20051223214718.GA55809@il.fontys.nl> References: <20051223193237.GA80590@wrongcrowd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Info: http://rink.nu/ X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at il.fontys.nl Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Matt Staroscik Subject: Re: Good gigabit NIC for 4.11? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:50:52 -0000 > However, there is little point to trying to use GB and jumbo frames > on a NIC in a standard 33MHz PCI slot; unless you have PCI Express > slots available or a GB card integrated with the chipset, the PCI bus > will bottleneck the system from doing much better than a 100Mbs NIC > would perform... Well, most desktop boards with a gigabit card don't have very good performance; I wasn't able to get any decent performance out of a sk(4) on an ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe motherboard anyway (Even an em(4) in a 32bit PCI slot did much better). I've had very decent results with 64bit PCI-X, however, which sk(4)'s, ti(4)'s and em(4)'s. For 4.x, I've only used em(4)'s (Intels) and these worked very well for me. I'd highly recommend them, and never had any problems with them. They work fine for 6.x too, should you ever consider a reinstall. -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Richter: Tribute? You steal men's souls, and make them your slaves! Dracula: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions." - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night