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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:47:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Kwoody <kwoody@mybsd.net>
cc: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK?
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Kwoody wrote:

> > 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.

True, but i wouldn't put one in a PII/300 that'll be your webserver.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major