From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 12:22:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA06484 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:22:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA06124 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:21:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id MAA21863; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:21:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.Alameda.net(207.90.181.2) via SMTP by DNS.Lamb.net, id smtpd021859; Wed Feb 25 12:21:30 1998 Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.6/8.7.6) id MAA28463; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:21:20 -0800 (PST) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199802252021.MAA28463@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net> Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card In-Reply-To: <199802252005.MAA20744@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Feb 25, 98 12:05:40 pm" To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:21:19 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd@isvara.net, karl@mcs.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > 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. > > > > The recently released 3com Fast Etherink XL (rev B) 3C905B NIC is the best money > > can buy (apart from server cards costing upwards of 250UKP). > > It has lower CPU usage than any other card, helping it to give the fastest > > performance. > > Uh, FTL has one of these. It seems to work just fine, but I would say > that at least for FreeBSD the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B still gives > you the best throughput:overhead ratio. > Intel EtherExpress Pro/100+ cost $59 OEM at a shop in S.F. I get > 8MB/sec through a Cisco Cat 5000 switch to/from a SGI O2. Can't see any issue with CPU load. Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message