From owner-freebsd-net Thu Nov 9 23:56: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB62B37B4CF for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 23:55:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id AAA37245; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:55:50 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ken) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:55:50 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Wes Peters Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Canadian dealers for Alteon Gig-E NICs Message-ID: <20001110005550.A37221@panzer.kdm.org> References: <20001109135734.A32915@panzer.kdm.org> <200011092143.eA9Lh3N31248@orthanc.ab.ca> <20001109151234.A33585@panzer.kdm.org> <3A0B9C20.F137736D@softweyr.com> <20001109235843.A36934@panzer.kdm.org> <3A0BA221.F094A400@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3A0BA221.F094A400@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 12:22:09AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 00:22:09 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > "Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 23:56:32 -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > > > > > NetGear GA620T, CDN $529.99 at www.microwarehouse.ca. > > > > The Netgear boards only have 512K SRAM, thus the reason for the lower price. > > Unless you have a fast machine with a 64bit or 66Mhz PCI slot, the 620T will > give you all the performance you can get out of an average PC. Not the > extreme of performance, but well worth the price. The extra memory is worth another 20-30Mbps of performance, IIRC. Even on a PC with 32 bit 33MHz PCI. You're right, though, the performance you'll get from the 512K boards is well worth the price. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message