Subject: Re: Ethernet cards
To: David Jones <dej@eecg.toronto.edu>
From: Markus Illenseer <markus@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
List: amiga
Date: 12/10/1994 11:31:01
On Dec 9,  4:15pm, David Jones wrote:
> Subject: Ethernet cards
> I am debating the purchase of an Ethernet card.
> 
> I understand that the Hydra has 16K packet buffer on it and the 2065 has
> 32K.  Is this correct?

 This is correct, but the NetBSD driver only supports 16K for A2065.
It even crashed several times for me when trying to run at 32K.

> Is there anything else about the bus interfaces on these cards that could
> affect performance?

 The RAM speed of the buffer? The statemachine, the Hybrid...

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Markus Illenseer