Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:27:46 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, mtaylor@cybernet.com, doconnor@gsoft.com.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, shocking@prth.pgs.com Subject: Re: Decent network cards for 100Mbit? Message-ID: <372DF8B2.667763F0@softweyr.com> References: <199905031856.MAA25061@panzer.plutotech.com>
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"Kenneth D. Merry" wrote:
>
> I'd recommend the Intel Pro 100 cards. I've got 30-40 machines with those
> cards (Pro/100B and Pro/100+), and haven't had any trouble.
>
> As Steinar points out, the key is the driver. In this case, the Intel
> driver works well. (That's not to say that other drivers don't work, just
> that my experience with the fxp driver has been good.)
My only complaint about the EEPro 100B cards is paying Intel $65 for
a card that has a single $4 chip on it. Bleh. Plus, the performance
I've seen hasn't been all that stellar, but I may be doing something
wrong. I haven't really tried tuning the system much yet, just doing
some simple throughput tests using ftp and tcpblast.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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