*sigh* and SMC used to mean something in a card :(
ah well, replaced two of them with 3com this afternoon, and everything
apears to be running well ... thanks...
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Mike Fisher wrote:
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> On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
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> > Anyone know of any problems with it? One of my colleages recently moved
> > from Windows -> FreeBSD (with not too much urging), but ever since the
> > move, he has to 'ifconfig rl0 down; ifconfig rl0 up' at least once a day,
> > which he's finding quite annoying :(
>
> > Ideas:?
>
> Mine works fine. However, the comments in the if_rl.c file are pretty
> disparaging:
>
> * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is
> * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible
> * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC. The 8139 supports bus-master
> * DMA, but it has a terrible interface that nullifies any performance
> * gains that bus-master DMA usually offers.
>
> Might want to suggest that he get a new NIC.
>
> - --
> Mike
> "Live for yourself -- there's no one else more worth living for." -- Rush
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