Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:23:14 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: dg@root.com, mturpin@shadow.spel.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues Message-ID: <4.1.19981217000925.066e26c0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199812170705.XAA03766@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:58:50 MST." <4.1.19981216235818.066a0500@mail.lariat.org>
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At 11:05 PM 12/16/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> The Intel Pro/100 ISA isn't supported, then? Or is it? > >No, it's a completely different animal. Hmmm. One of the purposes of the upgrade is to get everything running at 100 Mbps full duplex, so that we can use a Layer 2 switch efficiently. Anything running half duplex or 10 Mbps will congest the switch by requiring it to use buffers to store and forward packets. (It can do cut-through switching if there's no speed difference.) We want to save the buffers to relieve congestion if it happens. How about the 3Com Fast Etherlink ISA? The part number is 3C515-TX. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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