Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:05 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: freebsd@isvara.net Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <19980225143805.18181@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net>; from freebsd@isvara.net on Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 07:58:20PM %2B0000 References: <19980225125126.05029@mcs.net> <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net>
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What's the difference between the REV A and REV B boards? -- -- 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 On Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 07:58:20PM +0000, freebsd@isvara.net wrote: > Hi Karl, > > Karl Denninger wrote: > > > 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. > > 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. > > Check it out on: > http://www.3com.com/products/dsheets/400250a.html#Parallel > and > http://www.3com.com/solutions/200399.html > > Cheers, > Dan > > _____________________________________ > Daniel J Blueman > BSc Computation, UMIST, Manchester > Email: blue@challenge.isvara.net > Web: http://www.challenge.isvara.net/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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