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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!hunter.premier.net!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!van-bc!n1van.istar!van.istar!news-w.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news.icix.net!dlpbsd.dlpco.net!usenet From: "D. Chris Daniels" <chrisd@dlpco.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Performance 3Com 3C509 vs. 3C590? Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 13:44:33 -0400 Organization: DLP Technologies, Inc Lines: 21 Message-ID: <31E14901.27BC@dlpco.com> References: <4rkc94$q6h@ns2.mainstreet.net> <4rrb8a$c12@news.ais.net> Reply-To: chrisd@dlpco.com NNTP-Posting-Host: chris.dlpco.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3Gold (Win95; I) Stephen Schmidt wrote: > Warning: The following _may_ have changed recently, but I have no > knowledge of any such changes. > > BSDI's support for the 3C590/595 is somewhat broken. Under high-load > situations (we run ftp.usr.com, amongst other traffic hogs), the drivers > for the 590/595 exhibit their immaturity, and hang periodically. This > problem has been discussed at lenght with BSDI, and the only reasonable > fix so far has been to move to a SMC card instead. We had about 10 of > the 590/595 card mix installed, and had to pull them all to be replaced > with SMC cards. Have you used the Intel PRO-10/100 cards? I understand that they are less CPU intensive than the 3Com 59x. **chris ------------------------------------------------------------ D. Chris Daniels SCO ACE Manager of Consulting Services chrisd@dlpco.com DLP Technologies, Inc. http://www.dlpco.com