Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:34:51 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: "Jaysen O'Dell" <jaysen@familyvoice.com> Cc: Nicolas Jungers <nicolas@linkline.be>, "N. Del More" <ndelmore@usa.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, linuxisp@friendly.jeffnet.org Subject: Re: Help: Router Advise Needed Message-ID: <19971024123451.52371@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971024145723.15297B-100000@shell.familyvoice.com>; from Jaysen O'Dell on Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 03:01:02PM -0400 References: <v03110702b076993fe7c3@[194.51.224.226]> <Pine.LNX.3.95.971024145723.15297B-100000@shell.familyvoice.com>
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Jaysen O'Dell scribbled this message on Oct 24: > Ok I see all you guys with "fancy" NICs. Outside of the obvious PCI vs > ISA, 10 vs 100, what is the differance? This is a question based on > ignorance so please be gentle. I have been using ne2000 and clones and > never had any problems that could be associated with the NIC. Granted I am > not nearly as big as most of you, but if this is just a disaster waiting > to happen.... Ships with holes don't float. basicly, with an ne2000 your processor has to do the data transfer to and from the card (like ide)... but if you buy some of the more expensive cards (like the 3c509), the card itself will do the data transfer (like mid to high end scsi cards)... this will let you do more with your processor... and will actually speed up the transfer as your card takes it as needed... I personally rarely see over 700k/sec with an ne2000 (transmitting), but with other cards like the 3c509, you can do close to a meg/sec... hope this helps... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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