Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 10:33:48 +0800 (HKT) From: Bo Fussing <bmf@homegate.net> To: Craig Sawyer <craig@happy.digitaldune.net> Cc: "Jaysen O'Dell" <jaysen@familyvoice.com>, 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: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971025102703.25238C-100000@satie.hk.homegate.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971024140518.19795B-100000@happy.digitaldune.net>
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> On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Jaysen O'Dell wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Jaysen We have a Linux box with 3 3C509s, whilst I cannot claim that they are faster than other cards, they seem to be very stable and I have never had to replace one on this or any other of our servers/PCs. My primary reason for going for these is the stability of the driver and the lack of problems I have seen on this and other mailing lists. In my book stability/reliability beats speed any day. Bo ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bo Fussing <bmf@homegate.net> HomeGate Inc. Tel +852 2851-8884 Fax +852 2541-9843 URL http://www.homegate.net PGP fingerprint = D7 9F ED 1D E5 B9 62 4F 77 BC D1 33 5B 4E 95 81 For PGP ID & Signature mail empty message to bmf-pgp@homegate.net
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