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From: albert@krakatoa.ccs.neu.edu (Albert Cahalan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: NFS performance:  What am I doing wrong with FreeBSD?
Date: 21 Feb 1996 15:56:57 GMT
Organization: Northeastern University, College of Computer Science
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>>>>> "J" == J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> writes:

>> The odd thing about this is that from everything I've heard, the 3c509 is a
>> faster card than the NE2000.

J> Maybe, but both suck when compared to the Lance (Am7990) cards.

J> I think the FreeBSD driver for the 3c509 ain't the best after all, while
J> the `ed' driver (NE1000/2000, 3c503, WD8003/WD8013) is one of the better
J> drivers.

If you want to benchmark this, be aware that Linux NFS client
performance just took a great leap.  Look for 1.3.68 soon.
(1.3.67 has typos and thinkos)
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Albert Cahalan
albert@ccs.neu.edu