From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 6 12:42:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18838 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 12:42:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18745 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 12:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA18938; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 12:41:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 12:41:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Brendan Kosowski - System Administrator cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Brendan Kosowski - System Administrator wrote: > 1. Does FreeBSD provide better performance than Linux when used on a P.C. > that is configured as a GATEWAY ( with both ETHERNET & PPP interfaces ). I > noticed that Linux's PPP performance drops when there is activity on the > ETHERNET interface. Will changing to FreeBSD help ??? I would say so; the 4.4BSD network drivers are unmatched in their performanc. > 2. Does FreeBSD support POCKET ETHERNET ADAPTERS such as the D-Link > DE-620 ??? No, sorry. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message