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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 1995 10:01:33 -0400
From:      dennis@et.htp.com (dennis)
To:        Mark Dawson <md@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wanted: 100bT EISA ethernet recommendation
Message-ID:  <199507111401.KAA06674@mail.htp.com>

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>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to get a FreeBSD box - Compaq Proliant + RAID disk array -
>introduced here as the main fileserver for our undergrads.  The idea
>is to use it to feed some existing SS-20s on a high speed ethernet
>network.
>
>Unfortunately the Proliant I have is an EISA machine and I haven't
>noticed anyone on the FreeBSD lists recommending EISA 100base T cards
>(plenty of PCI though :-().
>
>Is anyone using such an EISA 100base T ethernet card you'd like to
>recommend?
>
The question is, who would build one? EISA cards are too expensive to build
and EISA  is too slow for a 100mbs medium. If someone is making them then
I'll bet they have a much bigger marketing dept than engineering.

db




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