From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 15 11:54:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from account.abs.net (account.abs.net [207.114.5.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6E6637BA0A for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:54:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from howardl@account.abs.net) Received: (from howardl@localhost) by account.abs.net (8.9.3/8.9.3+RBL+DUL+RSS+ORBS) id OAA56817; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:54:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from howardl) From: Howard Leadmon Message-Id: <200003151954.OAA56817@account.abs.net> Subject: Best NIC for FBSD (was: Buffer Problems and hangs in 4.0-CURRENT..) In-Reply-To: <5FE9B713CCCDD311A03400508B8B30137DA545@bdr-xcln.is.matchlogic.com> from Charles Randall at "Mar 15, 2000 12:28:04 pm" To: Charles Randall Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:54:39 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL72 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I will attest to that, as I have several Solaris-x86 machines, some on 2.6. and some on 2.7, all running the DEC cards in 100T-FDX mode like a champ. As some are news servers, they run 20-30mpbs constantly almost 24/7 without a hitch, so they work well under Solaris. Guess it was dumb to assume they would work as well on FBSD, but I had hoped. I have piles of the DEC cards around. I wonder what really has the best driver under FBSD, as far as reliability and performance, and yes I also want 100T-FDX as my entire network is interconnected with Cisco Catalyst Switches. I got the inside scoop on the DEC cards for Solaris from some Sun engineers. Has anyone actually ever rated/tested the various NIC's for FBSD?? -Howard > That's not spurprising. When I tried it, Solaris 2.6 x86 didn't support > full-duplex 100Base-TX on very many devices. The DEC tulip cards were one of > the few that had drivers that supported full-duplex. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Leadmon [mailto:howardl@account.abs.net] > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 4:24 PM > To: Alfred Perlstein > Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Buffer Problems and hangs in 4.0-CURRENT.. > > ... > > I used the DEC based cards as I had seen so many people raving > about them, and at least under Solaris they claim the DEC tulip based > boards are the hot ticket. > > ... > --- Howard Leadmon - howardl@abs.net - http://www.abs.net ABSnet Internet Services - Phone: 410-361-8160 - FAX: 410-361-8162 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message