From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 17 11:19:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from [192.168.1.254] (proxy.tigertown.k12.mo.us [204.185.250.124]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 350F737B6E8 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:19:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andy@tigertown.k12.mo.us) Received: from admin by [192.168.1.254];Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:19:30 GMT Message-ID: <005d01bf797a$76ffa660$e7b46ad1@admin> From: "Andy Rowland" To: References: <200002171632.LAA07138@rtfm.newton> <20000217121035.A11090@pir.net> Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 13:09:02 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" To: Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 11:10 AM Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still > Mikhail Teterin 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