Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 09:59:39 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Kwoody <kwoody@mybsd.net> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971120095837.14308H-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971119225525.19688B-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Kwoody wrote: > > 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. > 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Engineer BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------
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