From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 18 8:34: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1096537B479; Sat, 18 Nov 2000 08:34:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA45147; Sat, 18 Nov 2000 11:33:09 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001118113245.032d3130@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 11:33:29 -0500 To: "Schmalzbauer, Harald" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: Dennis Subject: Re: AW: Best Gigabit ethernet for 4.x In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 04:28 PM 11/17/2000, Schmalzbauer, Harald wrote: >I just heard that Intel doesn't supply documentation on ther chipset and the >FreeBSD and Linux support is quiet bad. The Netgear GA620 is said to be >twice as fast. The same Chipset (Alteon Tigon/AceNIC) is on the 3com985. Are all of the cards supported that use this chipset? I read somewhere that the netgear card has a smallish buffer, and that the alteon was a better choice. How does the 3com card compare in that respect? Dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message