From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 1 05:20:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA20300 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 05:20:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA20294 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 05:20:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id OAA04670 for hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:20:45 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.6.9) id NAA01440; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 13:58:25 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 13:58:24 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested ehternet chips/cards? References: <32F26FB5.167EB0E7@whistle.com> <199702010113.LAA11999@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL10 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199702010113.LAA11999@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Feb 1, 1997 11:43:54 +1030 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Michael Smith wrote: > Neither the SMC nor the similar Crystal parts have impressed me at > all; they all have really small (~2K) buffers, possibly because they > try to put the buffer RAM on-chip. What about AMD? The `Lance' (Am7990PC) chip has got good reputation, and has been used in many workstations, i think. I'm not certain about the quality of their newer products (PCnet?). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)