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Date:      Wed, 21 May 1997 21:50:20 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        ccsanady@friley231.res.iastate.edu (Chris Csanady)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: URGENT: NIC/MB advice needed for cluster...
Message-ID:  <199705220250.VAA04546@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <199705220115.UAA02426@friley231.res.iastate.edu> from Chris Csanady at "May 21, 97 08:15:12 pm"

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> 
> 1. How well does the Etherexpress PRO/100 work currently?  Does this card
>    work well in full duplex mode, and would I be able to have 4 of them per
>    box without any trouble?
>
I am using a PRO/100 on one side and PR440FX motherboard ethernet on the
other, and can readily max out the 100BaseT ethernet.

> 
> 2. We are thinking of buying ASUS P65UP5, or Intel PR440FX boards.  I know
>    ASUS makes great boards, but we could save a lot of money with the Intel.
>    Does anyone know if the onboard ethernet works?  We would save on Enet
>    cards, and memory (ECC DIMM's seem much cheaper..), but is it wise?
> 
I have a machine with the PR440FX board, and the ethernet on it works.

John



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