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From: willey@hillres142.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Willey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Performance of Ethernet cards?
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Date: 9 Oct 1995 16:31:28 GMT
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Robert L. Moose Jr. (rmoose@ces.clemson.edu) wrote:
: (Sorry for the crosspost, but I'm running NetBSD now and plan to
: bring up a couple of FreeBSD systems soon in a lab here.)

: Which of the supported ISA Ethernet cards is/are considered to
: have the best performance? Which should I avoid? What experience
: have folks had with PCI Ethernet cards (is the DECchip the only
: one that's supported?) so far?

I dunno about best performance, but I have been happy with my SMC cards.  I
have an ISA and a PCI.

Mark