Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:14:14 +1100 From: Dean Hamstead <dean@bong.com.au> To: lister <lister@primetime.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gigabit NIC recommendation Message-ID: <420963E6.6070900@bong.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4208EDE8.3040108@primetime.com> References: <4208EDE8.3040108@primetime.com>
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i dont believe that 32bit pci is fast enough to achieve full speed gigabit throughput. also, your cpu and disks will need to be able to keep up! Dean lister wrote: > > What is a good Gb nic for these criterion : > * FBSD 4.11 now, 5.X later > * prefer 64 bit, 32 bit slots all full. Is there any other advantage > to 64 bit? e.g. speed? system load? > * I would like not to spend a king's ransom :) > * RJ-45 (Cisco 29XX w/ RJ-45 GBIC) > If it helps, this is the motherboard : > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigermpx.html > > TIA > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- WWW: http://dean.bong.com.au LAN: http://www.bong.com.au EMAIL: dean@bong.com.au or djzort@bong.com.au ICQ: 16867613
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