Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:54:57 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971121095423.10205M-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971120085705.19949B-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Kwoody wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Steve Hovey wrote: > > > > How slow do you consider slow? I would think on a small network that a > > > card running ne2000 would be adequate for most purposes. > > > > > > > I ran ne2000s till I saw the thru put difference I got from intels > > therexpress cards - the price difference was slight compared to the > > thruput - I mean I actually had to recompile my kernels to increase buffer > > space (nmbclusters) > > I'm fairly happy with the ne2000's here at home. I only run 2 machines > with them (though I do have a 3/60 also hooked up too) so for me > performence is not really in issue. > > Though it might be intesting to see what kind of throughput I do get from > this little network. And one can get them to work better by increasing > the nbccluster in the kernel? (just want an excuse to recompile it again! :)) No - I had to increase it due to the amount of data flow increase per second. It was a result not a cause. > > Anything in FBSD that I can use to measure network performence? (aside > from acutually buying a network monitor) > > thanks! > Keith > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Engineer BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------
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