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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!sverige.pengar.com!user From: chad@pengar.com (Chad Leigh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Minimum machine for nameservice? Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:36:26 -0600 Organization: Pengar Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <chad-2310962036260001@sverige.pengar.com> References: <chad-1710962353430001@sverige.pengar.com> <54970g$c8@uriah.heep.sax.de> <54i6dc$1ro@anorak.coverform.lan> <vw6841d37l.fsf@mina.sr.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sverige.pengar.com In article <vw6841d37l.fsf@mina.sr.hp.com>, Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> wrote: > For home use, and for many clients, the NE2000 clones do a great > job. I, too, have seen 800KB+/sec (sustained) with ftp, but this was on > a quiescent home LAN. > > However, I definitely wouldn't use an NE2000 clone on an > heavily-used server. > Due to the feedback here I decided to budget for the Kingston PCI ethernet cards (DEC 21041 based) for this/ese machine(s) (nameserver(s)) as well as the main mail and other servers (alredy plannedfor PCI cards). thanks Chad