Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 15:44:57 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Emmanuel Gravel <egravel@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing network performance Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009031544390.668-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <200009030607.XAA17067@avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Emmanuel Gravel wrote:
> Ah! I knew there were driver issues, but didn't think it would be that bad.
> Which NIC's would best suit my needs (decent performance, dual homed,
> P90 CPU, and not too expensive)?
I won't touch anything by the Intel EtherExpress Pro's ...
>
> Thanks!
>
> At 01:58 AM 9/3/00 -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
> >On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Emmanuel Gravel wrote:
> >> Does anyone know where I should look to get my box to react a little
> >> more sanely? If there's anything else you want to know just ask :)
> >
> >3c509s are a wee bit CPU hungry. The driver still has a few issues that
> >make the cards a poor choice for performance under FreeBSD.
>
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