From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 6 7:50: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76818155E4 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 07:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA12621; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 07:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908061445.HAA12621@implode.root.com> To: vallo@matti.ee Cc: Shawn Ramsey , Andriss , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please comments about SMC 9432TX [Was: Re: 100mbit full-duplex capable card] In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Aug 1999 17:34:32 +0300." <19990806173432.B17450@myhakas.matti.ee> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 07:45:55 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 03:57:06PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > >> > Can someone recommend me a good 100mb full-duplex capable >> > ethernet card? >> > >> > I was thinking of either the fxp0 driver for the Intel etherexpress >> > (or whatever it was called) or the xl0 driver for 3Com's 905btx. >> >> Go for the Intel EtherExpress 10/100 PCI card(s). They are great cards, and >> work great under FreeBSD. > >How about SMC 9432TX "EtherPower II" cards? I have seen messages from >Jason R. Thorpe in the NetBSD lists that this card is superior and >performs better than the Intel EtherExpress 10/100. Well this can be >because of superior driver for this card. I'm asking because I can get >them and the price is lower than Intel ones. Thoughts ? The PCI Pro/100(B/+) is one of the best performing boards supported by FreeBSD. I don't know what Jason is basing his opinion on, but it's very different from mine. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message