Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 21:50:20 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: ccsanady@friley231.res.iastate.edu (Chris Csanady) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: URGENT: NIC/MB advice needed for cluster... Message-ID: <199705220250.VAA04546@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199705220115.UAA02426@friley231.res.iastate.edu> from Chris Csanady at "May 21, 97 08:15:12 pm"
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> > 1. How well does the Etherexpress PRO/100 work currently? Does this card > work well in full duplex mode, and would I be able to have 4 of them per > box without any trouble? > I am using a PRO/100 on one side and PR440FX motherboard ethernet on the other, and can readily max out the 100BaseT ethernet. > > 2. We are thinking of buying ASUS P65UP5, or Intel PR440FX boards. I know > ASUS makes great boards, but we could save a lot of money with the Intel. > Does anyone know if the onboard ethernet works? We would save on Enet > cards, and memory (ECC DIMM's seem much cheaper..), but is it wise? > I have a machine with the PR440FX board, and the ethernet on it works. John
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