Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:55:43 -0600 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Johan Larsson <gozer@ludd.luth.se>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Rob Nelson <rob@mag-net.com>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 card Message-ID: <199712161456.IAA01047@kai.communique.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215221201.13325A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215221201.13325A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
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I'll second that ... I've used FreeBSD for 3 years, and used almost exclusively 3COM 3c509 cards for 10BaseT. I'd guess that we have at least 3 dozen boxes running with these cards, and they perform well. We starting using the 3COM cards after having bad luck with NE2000 clone cards. *shrug* Just wanted to point out that Your Mileage May Vary. Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> On 15 December 1997 at 22:15, "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > > So my suggestion is that you _don't_ ship your computers with 3com cards, > > > at least not the 509. > > > > I'd have to ask why anyone would use a 3c509 when an NE2000 clone is > > cheaper, faster and better supported. > > > > Alternatively, I'd have to wonder why anyone would contemplate shipping > > a hardware combination that they haven't tested extensively in-house > > first. > > > > Ok... this I take offence at.. I have always had great troubles with the > NE2000 cards and compatibles in all areas (from working to performance). > I have 2 3c509s in my system, and have only had a problem once (Back with > FreeBSD 2.1.5 I think, which got pulled because of the problem). As for > performance... I have done cross subnet installs with these cards and got > a sustained (on a 1.5 Gigabyte file) transfer of 800 K Bytes per second > (between 2 3c509s, across 2 subnets with other computers)... I am *very* > pleased with these cards. My understanding of the 'buggy' comment comes > from the PNP nature of these cards. > > -- > David Cross > ACS Consultant >
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