Re: xl(4) opinions

[Richard Welty <rwelty_(_at_)_averillpark_(_dot_)_net>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:56:07 +0200 "Denis A. Doroshenko" <d_(_dot_)_doroshenko_(_at_)_omnitel_(_dot_)_net> wrote:
> one point people may be missing here when the talk about their
> experiences about throughput of different NICs: there are two parts --
> a NIC and the driver. when you say that fxp beats xl under OpenBSD is it
> hardware only issue? if Linux people claim opposite, it can be that xl
> are better, OTOH it can be that their fxp driver is just a piece of BS.

our problems with the xl came with a non-free OS (w2k), so it wasn't
working right with 3com's own drivers from what i can see.

richard
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