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From: rashid@haven.ios.com (Rashid Karimov.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: fastest ethernet card alive
Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:24:22 GMT
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Jack Valko (valko@case.cyberspace.com) wrote:
: I'm looking to use FreeBSD as a router and I need to know what the
: fastest ethernet card alive is that works with 2.05. ISA? PCI?
: Also, are there any fddi or 100BT cards that are compatible?
In the 10Mb range I'm pretty satisfied with SMC
EtherPower ( 2.0.5 supports it perfectly) PCI card.
On quite heavily used net it shows steady transfer rate
of 800-900K/sec.
3Com shows only 200-250 K ( ISA adapters).
Rashid
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