Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 16:38:22 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: Aled Morris <aledm@relay-europe.ps.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: best performance hardware Message-ID: <12979.797211502@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Apr 95 21:16:40 BST." <Pine.3.89.9504062116.A9633-0100000@relay-europe.ps.net>
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> My hardware vendor will throw in NE-2000 clones free, but from what I've > read on this list, they will take a lot of CPU to drive. Do I need PCI > Ethernet boards, or will good ISA boards be enough (i.e. will I be able > to run at full Ethernet speed with a 3c509?) Considering the price and performance of the SMC DC21040 based cards (PCI), I see no reason to go with anything else. Both David, I and wcarchive are happy users of these cards! Jordan
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