Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:50:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Costa Morris <costa@cortx.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet Cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129214733.1248u-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01bd2cfb$4dfe5950$0cddcfcf@cman.cortx.com>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Costa Morris wrote: > I am running 2.2.2R and i have a 16bit kingston ehternet card which probes > as > NE2000 16 bit. I host several sites and have a fair amount of traffic. > > i was wondering if i would notice a performance difference if i upgraded to > a > 32bit PCI card with all the trimmings. or should i not even bother. please > let me know. Yes, absolutely! The ISA cards drag more on your CPU; the PCI cards will make your machine run more efficiently when doing network traffic. I ran a NE2000 in my Pentium for ages and lost ping -f wars with PCI ethernet cards, until I upgraded. >>:-> Kingston and Dayna are very good cards that are supported by FreeBSD and are inexpensive; the crown jewel is the Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B but that is more expensive. PCI Ethernet cards are worth the investment (assuming you have PCI slots available). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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