From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 22 12:22:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25844 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 12:22:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from george.arc.nasa.gov (george.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.194.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25815 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 12:22:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov) Received: from localhost (lamaster@localhost) by george.arc.nasa.gov (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA22981 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 12:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 12:22:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Hugh LaMaster To: FreeBSD Hardware Subject: Re: Seeking hardware recommendations In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 21 May 1998, Tom wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 1998, Josef Grosch wrote: > > On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 10:46:36PM -0400, Ben Goodwin wrote: > > > system. What I'm looking for are recommendations on: > > > PCI ethernet card Some 100-meg card that works well and efficiently > > > > Bay Networks Netgear FA310tx > > Ugh. Yet another DEC chipset. The Intel Etherexpress Pro100B is a bit > faster, and uses less CPU (about 15% I believe). The DEC chipset cards are among the most widely supported/ available, and, they are also a good choice for multicast, and there are some nice, low-cost versions out there, too. [Yes, they don't have optimal alignment for copying and people on these groups report 10-15% more CPU usage at the same data rate. Nothing to merit an "Ugh", IMHO. Both chipsets could be improved to adopt each other's advantages.] -- Hugh LaMaster, M/S 233-21, ASCII Email: hlamaster@mail.arc.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Or: lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 No Junkmail: USC 18 section 2701 Phone: 650/604-1056 Disclaimer: Unofficial, personal *opinion*. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message