Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 13:09:02 -0600 From: "Andy Rowland" <andy@tigertown.k12.mo.us> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still Message-ID: <005d01bf797a$76ffa660$e7b46ad1@admin> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002171031520.91789-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> <200002171632.LAA07138@rtfm.newton> <20000217121035.A11090@pir.net>
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I'm just running a few machines...just 400 or so and 10 servers, but of all the cards I use, the Intel Pro/100s (E100B) are the best of the bunch. AMD, Intel, doesn't matter. --Andy Rowland Grand River Network andy@tigertown.k12.;mo.us ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Radcliffe" <pir@pir.net> To: <stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:10 AM Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still > Mikhail Teterin <mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net> probably said: > > Omachonu Ogali once stated: > > =I had problems with the xl0 devices dropping packets and timing out, so > > =I reverted to using an Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 (fxp0). > > > > FWIW, a CompUSA clerk told me, those don't work well in, say, AMD > > based machines... > > IMHO, I would say that CompUSA clerk has no idea what he/she is > talking about (shocker). > > I've got 5 test PCs at work with AMD processors, Intel Pro100 cards > and gig ether cards, some running freebsd some windows. In both cases > I've had zero problems with them (we use them for gig ether testing so > the traffic is nontrivial). > > I've been using pro/100s for a few years in lots of different machines > and as far as I've seen they Just Work from 10bT/hdx to 100bTfdx. > > P. > > -- > pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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