Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:48:43 -0500 From: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <34F483AB.85A6D713@3skel.com> References: <199802252014.MAA20782@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > freebsd@isvara.net wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > How does it compare to the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B? > > I should have mentioned in my previous message; we have one of each > available for testing here, and two effectively identical > systems that we can put them in. > > If someone cares to nominate a benchmark procedure for this sort of > thing, I can schedule some time to run it. Yikes. UDP Transmit to nowhere? Will that work for transmit speed? I guess the question is how to test receive? -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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