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Date:      Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:33:37 +0300 (MSK)
From:      .@babolo.ru
To:        Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Good gigabit NIC for 4.11?
Message-ID:  <1135377218.010275.56487.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20051223193237.GA80590@wrongcrowd.com>

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> I've been Googling up a storm but I am having trouble finding 
> recommendations for a good gigabit ethernet card to use with 4.11. The 
> Intel part numbers I found in the em readme are a few years old now, and 
> I can't quite determine how happy people are with other chipsets despite 
> my searches.
> 
> I'm looking for a basic PCI 1-port card with jumbo frame support if 
> possible--I can live without it. Either way, stability is much more 
> important than performance. 
em for PCI32x33MHz works good up to 250Mbit/s, not more
em for PCI64x66MHz works up to about 500Mbit/s without polling
and drops packets at about 250Mbit/s.
bge integrated in Tyan's dual opteron mobo works good
up to 500Mbit/s and may be more (CPU not 100% busy)




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