From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 07:26:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60CF216A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:26:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from franklin-belle.com (adsl-65-68-247-73.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.68.247.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597C043FF7 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:26:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) Received: from sagea (sagea.sage-american [10.0.0.3]) by franklin-belle.com (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with SMTP id hA6FQACP046331; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:26:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jacks@sage-american.com) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20031106092614.01465da8@10.0.0.15> X-Sender: jacks@10.0.0.15 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:26:14 -0600 To: Chris Howells , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "Jack L. Stone" In-Reply-To: <200311061317.52425.howells@kde.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=4.5 tests=none autolearn=ham version=2.60-fbelle.rules_v1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-fbelle.rules_v1 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on franklin-belle.com Subject: Re: lan bandwidth issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:26:36 -0000 At 01:17 PM 11.6.2003 +0000, Chris Howells wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Hi, > >On Wednesday 05 November 2003 11:25, silent slim wrote: >> i'd like the network to go at 100Mbps since both cards could be able too >> and the current speeds are laughable. > >The RealTek 8139 (rl0 and rl1) are pretty shitty network cards, the= cheapest=20 >available (I can buy them for GBP =A32, about USD $3). I only use them to= =20 >connect my ADSL modem to my firewall because they're so cheap and performance=20 >is not an issue there. > >You'll almost certainly get much better performance with some more= expensive=20 >3Com or Intel cards. > >That may not be the only bottleneck of course..... > >- --=20 >Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org I've seen this before several thimes and I just can't pass it up this time. Nothing personal meant, though, so no flames please. This "price advice" then implies that if Realtek simply raised their prices, the card would be just fine...?? One should not just go by "expensive", but do some research not just based on that "easy" benchmark. The "cheapo" measurement is very misleading considering some cards may just be "on sale" and are fine cards. ...or just because they use the rlx driver.... Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator Sage American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com