Re: Network Cards

[Marco Peereboom <slash@peereboom.us>]

Huh? xl suck compared to fxp.

I experienced low performance & random phy drop-offs with xl cards. I 
replaced all of them with fxp and I have never had a network problem 
since.

On Feb 4, 2004, at 2:01 PM, 
eric-dated-1075869104.214bbab93fbb25@catastrophe.net wrote:

> Going about the archives, it seems as though there is the least
> animosity towards xl cards. As I've got some cash on hand, I was
> thinking about getting a couple of these...
>
> <http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=339675>
>
> Does anyone have any complaints about these cards? I'm getting
> bitten left and right by fxp cards and would like to do away with
> them.
>
> Does anyone know if the 3com cards have pxe loaders ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Eric