Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:58:44 +1100 From: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> Cc: Jim King <jim@jimking.net>, Adam Kujawski <adamkuj@gatordog.com>, Mike <mike@mikesweb.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 cisco's and a fbsd box running bgp Message-ID: <3A53AEA4.1C9E3A30@quake.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101031301550.77223-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>
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> I had seen the Adaptec board a few places, but it's expensive and I am > sick of Adaptec lately. I saw *way* too much gained by switching from 2940 > and 3940UWs to the TekRam NEC-chip boards under FreeBSD and Linux, so I > don't trust them to be the best brand as much in SCSI, let alone EtherNet > boards. I also really like the DLink/NetGear/LinkSys DEC-chip boards we've > used; they have all been reliable, fast, supported, "simple", and very > cost-effective. - Jy@ I agree with you, but I would also have to say the Adaptec Quad ethernet card is probably the best on the market atm... Its 64-bit, the others I have seen are all 32... I doubt the others can achieve as much through put on 4 ports as the Adaptec, but it is almost 5 times more expensive... In the end it comes down to 5 times cost over maybe 2 times the speed and only during high usage.. Kal. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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