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Date:      Thu, 2 Oct 1997 10:58:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Jason Young <doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-current <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Which PCI Ethernet card is best for FreeBSD-current?
Message-ID:  <199710021458.KAA22916@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002094152.2226A-100000@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com>
References:  <199710021304.JAA22567@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002094152.2226A-100000@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com>

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<<On Thu, 2 Oct 1997 09:43:00 +0000 (GMT), Jason Young <doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com> said:

> May I inquire as to why you don't like 3Com? They work for me, I've got a
> mix of 3Com and DEC switching 10/100s around here with zero problems.

Poor performance, and a brain-dead design that has no multicast
address filters.  Maybe they have now fix these, but they've made
enough people unhappy that there really is no support for the drivers.

-GAWollman

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