From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jan 3 14:58: 7 2001 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 14:58:06 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from www.golsyd.net.au (ftp.golsyd.net.au [203.57.20.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8968437B402 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 14:58:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [203.164.12.28] by www.quake.com.au (NTMail 4.30.0012/AH9370.63.d1acf55c) with ESMTP id ldnsaaaa for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:06:08 +1100 Message-ID: <3A53AEA4.1C9E3A30@quake.com.au> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:58:44 +1100 From: Kal Torak X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Wyatt Cc: Jim King , Adam Kujawski , Mike , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 cisco's and a fbsd box running bgp References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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