From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 28 5:21:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr (puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr [139.124.41.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F39037B41B for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:21:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (hquiroz@localhost) by puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2SDSZM38092 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 14:28:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr) X-Authentication-Warning: puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr: hquiroz owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 14:28:34 +0100 (CET) From: Herve Quiroz X-X-Sender: hquiroz@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: AMD PCnet PCI II vs Realtek RTL8139 Message-ID: <20020328141504.U34885-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I managed to get 2 PCI NICs to replace my old ISA 3Com 3C509 EtherLink III. So I have to choose between the two cards : - AMD PCnet PCI II (AM79C970 based) that seems to be 10Mps only (but the hub is 10Mps anyway) - Realtek RTL8139 that seems to be quite basic regarding features Has anyone experienced these cards ? I have a relatively weak configuration (pentium 133 / 64 Mo EDO / IDE) so I was wondering if there was any interest for me to choose one or another (putting down CPU from some network related stuff could be useful but I don't know how effective it is for a 10Mps workstation). Also there are some issues regarding RTL8139 commented in the kernel sources. Herve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message