From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 1 13: 1:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from posgate.acis.com.au (posgate.acis.com.au [203.14.230.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE254155D4 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:01:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (uucp@localhost) by posgate.acis.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2/Debian/GNU) with UUCP id FAA08328; Fri, 2 Jul 1999 05:58:15 +1000 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA11365; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 22:17:59 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 22:10:12 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: Jamie Norwood Cc: Clem.Dye@wdr.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetGear FA310-TX??? In-Reply-To: <19990629143318.B1492@ethereal.net> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Jamie Norwood wrote: > One thing I have been curious about is if there is a significant difference > between these chipsets, as far as performance is concerned. I have a rev C > and a rev D at home, and while the D seems slower, I can't really deny > that it could just be that it is in a windows box. Has anyone benchmarked > the tulip vs the PNIC? Bill Paul, who has written many of the drivers for the Tulip "would-be workalike" chips (PNIC, Realtek, VIA Rhine, Macronix are ones that come to mind) posted his assessment of their utility relative to the original. I can't recall which list, or exactly when, his message was posted, but if you search the lists (start with questions & hardware) with some of the above keywords you should turn find it. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message