Re: the BEST net card for obsd (IMHO)

[Jason Downs <downsj@downsj.com>]

In message <200003010206.SAA22835@destro.newdream.net>,
	Jack Culpepper writes:
>> On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 05:16:49PM -0800, Jack Culpepper wrote:
>> > ISA?  WTF is ISA?  I'm talking PCI here, magn!  I must confess that I don'
>t
>> > know the exact part number, and I'm not at home right now so I can't check
>,
>> > but here's the kernel probe:
>> > 
>> > rl0 at pci1 dev 8 function 0 "Accton Technology MPX 5030/5038" rev 0x10: i
>rq 11 address 00:e0:29:61:39:b9
>> > 
>> > netperf gives me 94 Mbit/s.  $14.95.
>> 
>> and man rl will tell you that's a generic realtek chipset, available 
>> in lots of places for 10-15$.  And not that great.  A better target than
>> "ne2000 compatible", to be sure...
>
>What do you mean by "not that great"?  Let's compare things quantitatively.
>What is the throughput of a card that is great?  I definitely want to improve
>my 94.  I can pay like $80 for an fxp, but that won't make my throughput go
>any faster.

No, but your CPU usage will go down.

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