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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: NFS performance:  What am I doing wrong with FreeBSD?
Date: 20 Feb 1996 00:19:32 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc) writes:

> >Also use the same ethernet cards ...
> 
>    The odd thing about this is that from everything I've heard, the
> 3c509 is a faster card than the NE2000.

Maybe, but both suck when compared to the Lance (Am7990) cards.

I think the FreeBSD driver for the 3c509 ain't the best after all,
while the `ed' driver (NE1000/2000, 3c503, WD8003/WD8013) is one of
the better drivers.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)