Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:37:15 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: wes@softweyr.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Decent network cards for 100Mbit? Message-ID: <51248.925760235@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 May 1999 13:27:46 -0600" References: <372DF8B2.667763F0@softweyr.com>
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> My only complaint about the EEPro 100B cards is paying Intel $65 for > a card that has a single $4 chip on it. Bleh. Plus, the performance > I've seen hasn't been all that stellar, but I may be doing something > wrong. I haven't really tried tuning the system much yet, just doing > some simple throughput tests using ftp and tcpblast. Performance from these cards should be very good. I was able to receive a full 100 Mbps with one of these cards in a P-133 running 3.0-970124-SNAP, ie. more than two years ago. To *send* a full 100 Mbps you need slightly more CPU, say a P-166. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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