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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: vx0 & bad network speeds
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:08:18 -0700
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A. Karl Heller wrote:
>    Is this the problem described above or is there some major problem
> with the networking code on 2.5.1.

Not the "networking code" so much as the vx0 driver itself.  That's a
brand new one for us, and I'm afraid it's still pretty green.

>   Also, what is a good 100Mb card for FBSD?  I would just use a 509

The SMC EtherPower card is a very nice one.  See
http://www.freebsd.org/hw.html for general hardware recommendations.
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project