From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 10:51:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA17631 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:51:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA17604 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:51:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id MAA18270 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:51:26 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id MAA11678; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:51:26 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980225125126.05029@mcs.net> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:51:26 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If I needed to choose a fast ethernet card for -Current, and wanted to get the one with the lowest system overhead and best performance, which one would it be? Low system overhead is the key here. I'm starting to see things that look a lot like system CPU starvation with the SMC Etherpower 10/100s here on some of our fileservers. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message