From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 19:46:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F1A16A41F for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:46:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A102C43D5E for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:46:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895FF5DD5; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:46:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 60494-02; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:46:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from [199.103.21.238] (pan.codefab.com [199.103.21.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB025C91; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:46:04 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20051223193237.GA80590@wrongcrowd.com> References: <20051223193237.GA80590@wrongcrowd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:46:03 -0500 To: Matt Staroscik X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good gigabit NIC for 4.11? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:46:11 -0000 On Dec 23, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Matt Staroscik wrote: > I'm looking for a basic PCI 1-port card with jumbo frame support if > possible--I can live without it. Either way, stability is much more > important than performance. 4.11 ought to work well with both the Broadcom and Intel GB NICs. However, there is little point to trying to use GB and jumbo frames on a NIC in a standard 33MHz PCI slot; unless you have PCI Express slots available or a GB card integrated with the chipset, the PCI bus will bottleneck the system from doing much better than a 100Mbs NIC would perform... -- -Chuck