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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendations? (was: Re: Linux network code vs. FreeBSD)
References: <492rq6$r6g@uriah.heep.sax.de> <49k85b$q51@vanbc.wimsey.com> <49jqhr$ili@uriah.heep.sax.de> <49n0ma$38v@hudson.lm.com> <49o2k9$4fi@kadath.zeitgeist.net>
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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 13:34:26 GMT
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Peter Seibel (seibel@mojones.com) wrote:
: In article <49n0ma$38v@hudson.lm.com> Peter Berger, peterb@psc.edu writes:
: >Agreed.  The 3c509 is one of the best ISA ethernet cards available,
: >and shines under BSDI.  I have one in my FreeBSD box, but haven't hooked
: >it up to a LAN yet :-}.
: >What he probably meant to say was "FreeBSD's 3c509 driver is buggy."
: >(according to the release notes)

: So given that, can anyone recommend an ethernet card to go in the Pentium I'm
: about to buy and use as a web server, running FreeBSD.

I'm using a 3C509 on a heavily hit web server (300-400k hits/day).  It
works very well.  A few people told me that the release notes and the
FAQ are dated with respect to the 3COM comment.  It's rock solid.

Regards,

Chris
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