From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 17 22:16:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.ufl.edu (sp28fe.nerdc.ufl.edu [128.227.128.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABFBF37B893 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:16:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from saxonww@ufl.edu) Received: from n44-230.dhnet.ufl.edu (gremlin@[128.227.44.230]) by smtp.ufl.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/2.2.1) with ESMTP id BAA168812; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:16:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:16:37 -0500 (EST) From: Will Saxon X-Sender: gremlin@localhost To: Matt Heckaman Cc: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" , FreeBSD-STABLE Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The main beef that I have heard with 3Com cards is that under moderate to heavy load they just begin eating CPU power. That's just what I have heard - I have no idea if they actually do. Reason I got intel cards is because I got them for $23 apiece. It was only later that I found out they were really good too. -Will On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Matt Heckaman wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using 3c905b-TX NICs in 4 servers here, all intels ranging from a beat > up p133 doing DNS, to a pII and a couple celerons doing various tasks. > These are interconnected via a Cisco 1548M, etc. I personally, have had > nothing but good expierence with these cards, I find it strange that this > many people are. > > Personally, I've always held 3com cards in high regard. For example, my > friend's company which runs a wide array of intel servers, netfinities > and whatnot, use strictly those 3com cards, I haven't heard of them having > any problems either. > > I /have/ however, seen an Intel Etherexpress Pro 10/100 give a machine > that I work with (FreeBSD) numerous problems upon problems for a while, > it's interesting how both sides of the fence have the opposite problems. > > Matt > -- > Matt Heckaman [matt@arpa.mail.net|matt@relic.net] [Please do not send me] > !Powered by FreeBSD/x86! [http://www.freebsd.org] [any SPAM (UCE) e-mail] > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > > : Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:32:32 -0500 > : From: Jeffrey J. Mountin > : To: Omachonu Ogali > : Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG > : Subject: Re: xl0 packet dropping, still > : > : At 10:47 PM 2/17/00 -0500, Omachonu Ogali wrote: > : >I've gotten reports of the 3Com NIC's dropping packets in all OS's using > : >an Intel CPU, it's more or less a sporadic problem I say... > : > : The 3Com's have higher collision rates (tested over long periods) and don't > : autsense most of the time, which the Intel does much better. > : > : Frankly I can't see anyone using a 3Com considering all the problems that > : crop up on the lists, but then I've been happy with Intel NIC since the > : Pro100B came out. ;) > : > : > : Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net > : Systems/Network Administrator > : FreeBSD - the power to serve > : > : > : > : 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message