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Date:      Fri, 24 Apr 1998 15:04:57 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net>
Cc:        dwilde1@ibm.net, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *** Real Action Item: SPECweb 
Message-ID:  <199804242204.PAA06887@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:16:17 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.980424120647.1350A-100000@orion.webspan.net> 

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>fire. Thats for PCI if you want anything else im not sure. I dont know
>about the ATM driver never used it. We should see what david says. I think
>even just 4 single port 100B's could outdo by a nice margin whatever
>novell used. IMO anyway. David? Generally TYAN MB's I think are the best.
>But it all depends on the CPU/Chipset combo.

   Our networking performance is pretty good, but there are still some
scalability issues to be resolved. For hardware, the next step beyond
100Mbps fast ethernet is gigabit ethernet. I've been approached now by
3 different vendors to write drivers for their gigabit ethercards. No
progress yet, but things seem to be happening.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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