From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 12:38:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10895 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:38:22 -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 MAA10808 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:38:08 -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 OAA25593; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:06 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id OAA18172; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:05 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980225143805.18181@mcs.net> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:05 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: freebsd@isvara.net Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card References: <19980225125126.05029@mcs.net> <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net>; from freebsd@isvara.net on Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 07:58:20PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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