From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 16 12:24:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA26433 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:24:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA26421 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:24:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.4) with UUCP id UAA25048; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 20:21:08 GMT Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 20:17:56 GMT X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <34964c48.30733173@mail.cetlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 20:18:23 +0000 To: Andrew Gordon From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card Cc: FreeBSD Hackers , Mike Smith , John Kelly Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 11:59 am +0000 16/12/97, Andrew Gordon wrote: >[...]However, the "EtherEZ" which has replaced the Ultra >appears to be a bit of a lemon - giving rather inconsistent performance >[etc] I'd have to second that, but the 8216 isn't the fastest ISA ethernet. I've found an NE2100 clone (lnc driver) beats it, but not by a whole lot. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK