Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 09:49:43 +0100 From: Alessandro de Manzano <demanzano@iol.it> To: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@uol.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fxp vs xl: should I buy 3c905B or wait for a Intel PRO 100+ Message-ID: <20010318094943.A570@libero.sunshine.ale> In-Reply-To: <20010318000626.A8624@Fedaykin.here>; from lioux@uol.com.br on Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 12:06:26AM -0300 References: <20010318000626.A8624@Fedaykin.here>
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On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 12:06:26AM -0300, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: > However, they have the 3Com 3c905B ready for a buy. I've > used those in the past, they are ok. I've never used any Intel. I've a lot of them at work and work great. > Will I miss much if I acquire the 3com instead of the Intel? > Do both work with upcoming "zero copy"? (read that I run -STABLE; > therefore, upcoming :) I probably won't be able to find better > cards around (specially for about US$70 here), so other exotic > cards are not an option. IMVHO from a pratical point of view there is not much difference between 3COM and Intel ones. I *personally* prefer 3COM ones, but it's subjectives and Intel-outside paranoia related :))) You would buy fxps but can't ? go for 3COM then, I don't think you'll note difference :-) -- bye! Ale To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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