Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 02:53:05 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com> To: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: Dave VanAuken <dave@hawk-systems.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD w 3C905 cannot connect to/through Cisco 3524XL switch Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104260251350.26017-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> In-Reply-To: <20010425232622.A29316@rand.tgd.net>
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Sean Chittenden wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 08:30:44PM -0600, Forrest W. Christian wrote: > > I can't honestly say that the Intel is any better than the cheapies > > (I haven't had any problems to speak of with either one) but the > > Intel just "feels" a little better. > > If you get a box that's pushing more than 20Mbps of traffic, > it makes all the difference in the world in terms of dropped frames > and throughput, however, I can probably safely venture to guess that > most people will never push a single machine that hard in real life. That makes sense. Any machine I expected to have that much traffic would, of course, have an Intel Card in it.. Anything which does 20Mb/s has GOT to be mission critical. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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