Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:08:45 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: FreeBSD-STABLE list <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Network performance question Message-ID: <20010402170845.R14027@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104021558330.5885-100000@kristen.shadowdale.net>; from hey9811@yahoo.com on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 04:01:43PM -0500 References: <009901c0bad3$3e708080$931576d8@inethouston.net> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104021558330.5885-100000@kristen.shadowdale.net>
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Virtual Bob <hey9811@yahoo.com> probably said: > So what's exactly different about these cards? I never figured it out. > They're priced around $60 to $90 each vs. no-name ones for $10 to $20. I > sure like to know if there's any good reason to buy those... I used to use whatever cards I had to hand or were cheaper. I had hassles, incompatabilities, weird behavior. Some people do fine on cheap cards, but particularly when the net gets very busy I find that decent cards handle it better. I've wasted a lot of time debugging stupid problems that ended up being cheap network cards or bad support for network cards. My time is worth more than the cost of a decent network card. My card of choice is the intel pro100[b], which I pick up used for a massive $12 these days. I and others who I've recommended to them have bought intel cards from http://www.pc-pitstop.com/ and been happy customers. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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