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Date:      Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:27:55 +0100
From:      Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
To:        Nathan Kinsman <nathank@mentisworks.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE hardware specs, advice/experience requested
Message-ID:  <20000103102755.A29541@cons.org>
In-Reply-To: <38703D1E.14E37458@mentisworks.com>; from Nathan Kinsman on Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 12:09:34AM -0600
References:  <38703D1E.14E37458@mentisworks.com>

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In <38703D1E.14E37458@mentisworks.com>, Nathan Kinsman wrote: 
> Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ Dual Port NIC (this is recognized as two fxp
> devices?)
> 
> I have not been running CURRENT extensively, so I would like to know
> anyone's experiences with any of the above hardware, or any
> recommendations on hardware with a better price/performance ratio at a
> low thermal (chassis is very compact).

Last time I checked the fxp chips got much hotter than either a DEC
21143 or a realtek 8139 (which is otherwise unrecommended).

Martin
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