From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 09:12:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E67E37B401; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:12:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6056C43F93; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:12:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E4ED20099; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:12:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (duey.wolves.k12.mo.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24224-02-3; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:11:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 239D21FEEB; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:11:50 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21F7B1BA17; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:11:50 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:11:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: Bill Paul In-Reply-To: <200308070700.h7770UCi046852@repoman.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20030807105932.F24257@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> References: <200308070700.h7770UCi046852@repoman.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at wolves.k12.mo.us cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_rl.c if_rlreg.h X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 16:12:04 -0000 Copied to -net rather than the cvs lists... On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Bill Paul wrote: > Tested with the Xterasys XN-152 NIC (hard to beat $29 for a gigE > NIC). That's definately not a bad price. Do the remarks about the earlier rl cards still apply to the newer generation of rl chips, or has RealTek improved them to the point where they are actually on par with their peers? In other words, what's your take on their performance and reliability compared to the Intel or Broadcom chipsets? -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32, IA64, PC98, Alpha, and UltraSPARC architectures - x86-64, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org