On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 11:33:29 -0500, Dennis wrote:
> At 04:28 PM 11/17/2000, Schmalzbauer, Harald wrote:
> >I just heard that Intel doesn't supply documentation on ther chipset and the
> >FreeBSD and Linux support is quiet bad. The Netgear GA620 is said to be
> >twice as fast. The same Chipset (Alteon Tigon/AceNIC) is on the 3com985.
>
>
> Are all of the cards supported that use this chipset? I read somewhere that
> the netgear card has a smallish buffer, and that the alteon was a better
> choice. How does the 3com card compare in that respect?
The Netgear boards have 512K SRAM, the 3Com boards have 1MB SRAM.
You can get Alteon-branded boards (with either 512K or 1MB SRAM), but
generally only directly from Alteon, and you're going to pay more than you
would for either the 3Com or Netgear boards.
The 3Com and Netgear boards are identical to the Alteon boards. The only
difference is they've got "Netgear" or "3Com" silk-screened on them, and
the Alteon boards don't have any logos on them.
FWIW, 3Com is buying Alteon's NIC group. Apparantly (according to an
Alteon engineer who posted on the linux-acenic list) they're just buying
the technology, not hiring the engineers:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001115/tc/nortel_com_dc_4.html
Ken
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