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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.ironhorse.com!nntp.portal.ca!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!news.sgi.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!news From: fritchie@MR.Net (Scott Lystig Fritchie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: The "better" device driver? 3C595 or EtherPower 10/100 Date: 31 Oct 1996 22:24:53 -0600 Organization: Minnesota Regional Network Lines: 23 Sender: fritchie@data Message-ID: <ytl4tjacui2.fsf@data.mr.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: data.mr.net X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Disclaimers: 1. I'm already using FreeBSD. It rocks. 2. I already own both the 3COM and SMC card. I'm not looking for a purchase recommendation. My FreeBSD box is already using the SMC card. I haven't tried using the 3COM in a while, but last time I tried our Cisco Catalyst 5000 switch supervisor card didn't like to speak 100Mb/s to it. :-( Now its using a different switch, and I'm wondering if I should try the 3C595 again. The machine is a NNTP server, averaging 7-10Mb/s (rare peaks to 16Mb/s) and averages 2,100 packets/second combined in and out. Any ideas if the device driver for 2.1.5-RELEASE or the 2.2-SNAPs would work better in that situation for one card or the other? -Scott --- Scott Lystig Fritchie, Network Engineer MRNet Internet Services, Inc. fritchie@mr.net, PGP key #152B8725 Minnesota Regional Network v: 612/362.5820, p: 612/637.9547 2829 University Ave SE http://www.mr.net/~fritchie/ Minneapolis, MN 55414