From owner-freebsd-net Tue Sep 3 21:23:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576DC37B400 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:23:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iguana.icir.org (iguana.icir.org [192.150.187.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 849DC43E91 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:23:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rizzo@iguana.icir.org) Received: from iguana.icir.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by iguana.icir.org (8.12.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g844MVIb006998; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:22:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rizzo@iguana.icir.org) Received: (from rizzo@localhost) by iguana.icir.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g844MVg4006997; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:22:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rizzo) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:22:30 -0700 From: Luigi Rizzo To: "Kenneth D. Merry" Cc: Charles Sprickman , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp and 802.3 flow control Message-ID: <20020903212230.B6862@iguana.icir.org> References: <20020903123508.A95635@panzer.kdm.org> <20020903114028.B1595@iguana.icir.org> <20020903125503.A95848@panzer.kdm.org> <20020903124301.A1859@iguana.icir.org> <20020903135637.A96512@panzer.kdm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020903135637.A96512@panzer.kdm.org>; from ken@kdm.org on Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:56:37PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:56:37PM -0600, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: ... > What would you recommend instead? There are other chips available, performancewise 'dc' work great, 'sis' is not that bad. The GigE card from intel ('em') is also quite performant and reasonably priced. yes, the 8139 ('rl') is a cheap design, but you get what you pay for -- the cards cost some 10-15$ new. I cannot comment on other boards just because i haven't had any serious chance to play with them. cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message