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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Ethernet Card Benchmarks Organization: Mordor International Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:36:51 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Message-ID: <DFzI5F.H20@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 15 Has anyone done detailed benchmarking with various ethernet cards and FreeBSD? I've been using 3COM 3C509's, but I was considering going with either (a) faster ISA cards or (b) looking into some 100mbit ethernet cards. This is mostly just to speed up NFS traffic and remote backups. Any tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451