I am the manager of the kernel group at Sitara Networks and we have tested
both Netgear and Intel GigE cards. The Tigon based Netgear card is not as
good as the Intel 543 based card. The Tigon chip maxes out at 200k
packets/second. The Intel 543 does better by about 30%.
Charles Richmond
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>From: "Kevin Oberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Cc:
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>Subj: Gig-E performance with FreeBSD
>Type: IPM.Note
>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:12 PM
>
>Has anyone done any performance testing of Gig-E cards on FreeBSD? I
>need to run them with some high performance apps and I'm wondering what
>sort of performance people have been able to get, assuming large
>windows (up to 8 MB), with and without jumbo frames.
>
>Does anyone have any experience in this area?
>
>Thanks,
>
>R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
>Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
>Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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