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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:04:46 +0000
From:      freebsd@isvara.net
To:        FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card
Message-ID:  <34F4B19E.E2C3286B@challenge.isvara.net>
References:  <19980225125126.05029@mcs.net> <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net> <34F47A40.CE76ADE7@3skel.com>

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Dan Janowski wrote:

> How does it compare to the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B?

One *great* bonus is it will do IP, TCP and UDP checksums automagically in hardware!

This will lower CPU usage quite a bit AFAICT, assuming processor time is not eaten up
by the drivers unduly.

Thanks,
    Dan

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Daniel J Blueman
BSc Computation, UMIST, Manchester
Email: blue@challenge.isvara.net
Web: http://www.challenge.isvara.net/



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