Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 05:14:40 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best gigabit network interface for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0609040314i7bda5d24xb0d81963fd4b13f1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060903161335.0989f158@lariat.net> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060903161335.0989f158@lariat.net>
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On 9/3/06, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> wrote: > Was going to post this to net@, but figured I'd get a bigger > audience and better answers on this list. (Please copy responses to > me as well as the list to make sure I see them.) > > I'm building a machine which is going to have very high network > loads, but can't really use a TCP/IP "accelerator" because much of > the traffic won't be TCP. What, as of now, is the most capable > gigabit Ethernet interface for FreeBSD? Which has the cleanest, > simplest driver? The most onboard buffer space to prevent overruns > and underruns? The fastest bus interface? The least interrupt > overhead (important because interrupts in FreeBSD 6.x are > relatively expensive)? I have some Intel "em" interfaces available > to me, but have been told that while the driver is well supported > they are quirky and not the best choice. > Stay away from cards with a Marvell or RealTek chip. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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