Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 11:29:33 -0400 From: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) To: Mark Dawson <md@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wanted: 100bT EISA ethernet recommendation Message-ID: <199507111529.LAA07234@mail.htp.com>
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>> The question is, who would build one? EISA cards are too expensive to build >> and EISA is too slow for a 100mbs medium. If someone is making them then >> I'll bet they have a much bigger marketing dept than engineering. > > >EISA bus speed is 33Mb per sec which is 3.3 times faster than 100bT >ethernet, so speed is not a problem. > >There are a couple of manufacturers offering EISA cards at the moment. >The problem is really driver support under FreeBSD. This is the big >question from my point of view. > You're arguing against yourself here. I hope that EISA is more than 33mbs since I get 40mbs on my 10mhz ISA bus. But I was pretty sure that 100bT was 100mbs..... db
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