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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!lkg.dec.com!thomas From: thomas@lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Fastest ether card FreeBSD supports? Date: 18 Sep 1994 17:53:51 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 14 Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Distribution: US Message-ID: <35hurf$sig@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <34g9tr$gl8@newstand.syr.edu> Reply-To: thomas@lkg.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: netrix.lkg.dec.com X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-16 cc: smcarey@rodan.syr.edu In article <34g9tr$gl8@newstand.syr.edu>, smcarey@rodan.syr.edu (Shawn M Carey) writes: |> I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is the fastest |>network card that's supported on FreeBSD? Bus type is not an issue, |>as the system is still being spec'ed. Any suggestions will be |>appreciated. Using the DEC DE435 PCI card, I can get 1.1MB/sec using ttcp.c with about 80% idle left over. This is on a DECpc XL 466d2 with 32MB. -- Matt Thomas Internet: thomas@lkg.dec.com U*X Networking WWW URL: http://ftp.dec.com/%7Ethomas/ Digital Equipment Corporation Disclaimer: This message reflects my Littleton, MA own warped views, etc.