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Date:      Sat, 18 Nov 2000 11:33:29 -0500
From:      Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        "Schmalzbauer, Harald" <H.Schmalzbauer@belenus.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AW: Best Gigabit ethernet for 4.x
Message-ID:  <5.0.0.25.0.20001118113245.032d3130@mail.etinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <B14AF62CDA08D4118B8C00508B44A0B5154E4E@server02.belenus.co m>

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At 04:28 PM 11/17/2000, Schmalzbauer, Harald wrote:
>I just heard that Intel doesn't supply documentation on ther chipset and the
>FreeBSD and Linux support is quiet bad. The Netgear GA620 is said to be
>twice as fast. The same Chipset (Alteon Tigon/AceNIC) is on the 3com985.


Are all of the cards supported that use this chipset? I read somewhere that 
the netgear card has a smallish buffer, and that the alteon was a better 
choice. How does the 3com card compare in that respect?

Dennis



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