From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 8 1: 9: 8 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63BB637B401 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 01:09:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from geekpunk.net (adsl-154-169-71.bna.bellsouth.net [68.154.169.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6130F43FCB for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 01:09:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: from localhost.my.domain (taran [127.0.0.1]) by geekpunk.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h27LnALH002085; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:49:10 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: (from bandix@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h27Ln5i3002084; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:49:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:49:05 -0600 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Doug Ambrisko Cc: Thierry Herbelot , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek Message-ID: <20030307214905.GI334@geekpunk.net> References: <200303072134.26944.thierry@herbelot.com> <200303072117.h27LHoNL014430@www.ambrisko.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200303072117.h27LHoNL014430@www.ambrisko.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 01:17:50PM -0800, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > > The DFE-580 is EOL. That is their solution to their less then optimal > card with no replacement coming according to our rep. We are using our > own custom board with the Realtek 8100L parts. > > | any suggestions (with benchmark results ?) heartily welcome ! > > I need to find them however, you need to benchmark in your environment > since CPU load etc can effect things. > > PHK found a 4 port fxp card that was priced pretty good. I don't know > how successful he has with them. I have had good luck with the Adaptec Quartet 66 cards, under both Linux and FreeBSD. YMMV, though. They come as 64-bit/66Mhz cards, which definitely keeps the 4 pipes full (though they will also work on a 64-bit/33Mhz bus). They work great with Cisco FEC too. The card has a PCI-to-PCI bridge onboard with four Starfire controllers hanging off of the end of it. If you look around you can get them reasonably cheap. I think I paid around $300 for the last one I bought after doing some thorough pricewatch scouring. It's a bit pricier than you'll pay for say a D-Link card or something but it's also got higher quality ethernet controllers on it. Chances are if you really need a four-port card $300 is not that much to throw at it. HTH, Brandon D. Valentine -- brandon@dvalentine.com http://www.geekpunk.net Pseudo-Random Googlism: brandon is something special as an institution To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message