Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 08:58:31 -1000 From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@lava.net> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@kot.ne.mediaone.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: good network card (xl0 packet dropping) Message-ID: <20000218085831.A6162@lava.net> In-Reply-To: <200002180530.AAA04558@rtfm.newton> References: <3.0.3.32.20000217223232.0099c370@207.227.119.2> <200002180530.AAA04558@rtfm.newton>
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On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 12:30:28AM -0500, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Jeffrey J. Mountin once stated:
>
> =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. ;)
>
> Ok, so what about those cards that are based on the Digital's
> chipset(s)?
The cards which are based on the DC21140 chipset, such as the DE500A
series 100BaseTX cards, are "second best" to the Intels, IMHO.
They're decent cards, they've got acceptable performance and
reliability, but some 10/100 switches we've tried seem to be a bit
touchy about working with them, especially when autosensing speed.
Even with both sides locked at 100BaseTX Full-duplex, they're a bit
error prone.
We used to use them exclusively in all our servers, but have been
slowly swapping them out with the Intel Pro/100+s as we do other
upgrades. We're down to two servers left with the Dec cards in them.
-- Clifton
--
Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- cliftonr@lava.net
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