Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:14:32 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: dg@root.com, jdd@vbc.net, jhay@mikom.csir.co.za, chad@gaianet.net, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961114131204.6675F-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199611141727.LAA25430@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > > You're probably right since I asked him if a 10MBps or 10/100Mbps > > card would be better for the ethernet from the machine and he said, the > > max is 3MBps, 1.544MBps in/1.544MBps out full deplex. > > Remember that an Ethernet starts getting rather crowded around that point > (at least if you believe in low latency and high performance, like I do) > which means that you do not want tons of other traffic on such a wire. > > You might want to get the 10/100 card given that the current prices are > really not that far apart, and it will not limit you in the future. We are getting the SMC 10/100 cards but reading the recent FreeBSD mailing lists from Rod and others, it seems like there is currently a problem with the drivers with the newer chips used on these cards so until the cards are supported, then we need to either wait or just go try to look for cards with the older chip ending with DST. Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
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