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From: "Dean Hamstead" <dean@bong.com.au>
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Subject: Re: building an old-hardware server
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> RTL8139 worked fine for me usually, too, but sometimes it got very slow...
> No experience with Rhine on FreeBSD though, but I read that some
> buffer/registry access tweaks that had to be done impact CPU usage quite
> alot sometimes... As I have the 3Com anyway around, I decided to go for
> it...

i have used the rhine based cards with no hassles, i used rhine2 in the
early days and the drivers were shocking - 7 years later im sure they are
fine.

go 3com

Dean