Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 00:52:14 -0800 (PST) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet Cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980130005055.314A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129214733.1248u-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Doug White wrote: > 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). Do they need a bus master slot, or can I save those for my VGA and SCSI cards? And how much are the above mentioned cards (I already have a 3c509 and NE2k)? Linux: The Microsoft Windows(tm) of the Unix(tm) world. - alex
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