> backplane bus to handle that kinda bandwidth, whereas a consumer > grade motherboard where the GB NIC is hanging off the PCI bus rather > than being integrated into the northbridge is not going to do nearly > so well.
Indeed, this is why I specifically said: desktop NIC's... my onboard bge(4)'s on a Tyan K8SE and onboard em(4)'s on an ASUS PCH-DR all get much higher performance than the so-called GB NICs on desktop boards. Gotta love marketing :) But I guess this is getting offtopic ... -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Richter: Tribute? You steal men's souls, and make them your slaves! Dracula: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions." - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
