From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 2 17:45:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from diarmadhi.mushhaven.net (diarmadhi.mushhaven.net [63.75.111.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D2637B66C for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:45:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mistwolf@localhost) by diarmadhi.mushhaven.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA06674 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:43:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mistwolf) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:43:40 -0700 From: Jamie Norwood To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: High Performance NICs Message-ID: <20001002174339.B6585@mushhaven.net> References: <019d01c02c15$f2b72c80$c991f280@mfn.org> <39D8950E.1FA910D2@wmptl.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20001002161513.00ab07b0@mail.Go2France.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20001002161513.00ab07b0@mail.Go2France.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On this topic, can anyone recommend a way to force high loads like this, to see how current/prospective hardware fares? Any advice appreciated! Jamie On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 04:19:18PM +0200, Len Conrad wrote: > > > > >I tend to agree with whoever it was that posted the reply to this as > >well, go with the Intel EtherExpress Pro. We've got one on-board (built > >into the Intel 440LX dual PII server board), and it works REALLY well > >under load. I try to use these cards for most applications, but when > >cost is an issue, I tend to go with the 'No-Name' Realtek based cards. > > Is it safe to assume EEPro dual-ethernet server card is supported in > FreeBSD with the standard Intel drvier? I can't find anything > specific to the dual-eth card in the 4.1 release notes. > > Also, what the Intet EEPro Server 'S' card with on-board 3DES IPsec? > > Len > > http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com: ISC BIND 8.2.2 p5 installable binary for NT4 > http://IMGate.MEIway.com: Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message