Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 22:57:32 -0800 (PST) From: Kwoody <kwoody@mybsd.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971119225525.19688B-100000@mybsd.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971119172317.3811I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Doug White wrote: > > - are there any drawbacks to this card? > > They're slow because they generate a lot of interrupts over a card with > more buffer space e.g. a 3com 3c509. > How slow do you consider slow? I would think on a small network that a card running ne2000 would be adequate for most purposes. Keith
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