From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 15:29:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24649 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:29:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA24544 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:29:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #3) id 0y7pyz-00048t-00; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:11:21 -0800 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:11:18 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: freebsd@isvara.net cc: Karl Denninger , FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card In-Reply-To: <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 25 Feb 1998 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. Whatever. 3COM has a bad history for poor performing cards. The rev A Etherlink XL is a dog. Excessive CPU usage, and poor network bandwidth. The Intel Etherexpress Pro/100B or Pro/100+ is without a doubt, the best ethernet card for FreeBSD. Period. The driver is stable, and fairly small. Intel doesn't make frequent rev changes that break compatibility either. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message