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Date:      Fri, 22 May 1998 17:31:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Hugh LaMaster <lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Seeking hardware recommendations
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980522172843.21115C-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980522121530.15585I-100000@george.arc.nasa.gov>

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On Fri, 22 May 1998, Hugh LaMaster wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 21 May 1998, Tom wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 21 May 1998, Josef Grosch wrote:
> 
> > > On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 10:46:36PM -0400, Ben Goodwin wrote:
> 
> > > > system.  What I'm looking for are recommendations on:
> 
> > > > PCI ethernet card	Some 100-meg card that works well and efficiently
> > > 
> > > Bay Networks Netgear FA310tx
> > 
> >   Ugh.  Yet another DEC chipset.  The Intel Etherexpress Pro100B is a bit
> > faster, and uses less CPU (about 15% I believe).
> 
> The DEC chipset cards are among the most widely supported/
> available, and, they are also a good choice for multicast,
> and there are some nice, low-cost versions out there, too.

  The DEC chipsets are not that well supported.  The media detection is
problematic.  There are many variances from model to model (at least a
half a dozen different chipset versions).  Ugh...

Tom


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