Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:47:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Kwoody <kwoody@mybsd.net> Cc: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971120104652.4782N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971119225525.19688B-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Kwoody wrote: > > They're slow because they generate a lot of interrupts over a card with > > more buffer space e.g. a 3com 3c509. > > > How slow do you consider slow? I would think on a small network that a > card running ne2000 would be adequate for most purposes. True, but i wouldn't put one in a PII/300 that'll be your webserver. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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