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From: brian@ui-gate.utell.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Which 100Mbs ethernet card
Date: 14 Feb 1997 10:43:51 GMT
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Aaron Kushner (akushner@deimos.nc.com) wrote:
: After looking through the kernel config file LINT, I noticed that
: the word "buggy" was appended to the line with the 3c59x 3com card. Does
: the intel etherexpress perform more reliably than the 3com cards for
: freebsd 2.1.5?

IMO, yes, but I think the EtherPower 100 is the best (less CPU usage than
the intel etherexpress).

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