Subject: Re: Questions from a macppc newbie
To: Joachim Thiemann <joachim.thiemann@gmail.com>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/08/2007 14:22:53
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Hello,

On Feb 8, 2007, at 13:08, Joachim Thiemann wrote:

> I'd also recommend adding a cheap PCI ethernet card (I'm using a 3Com
> 3c905B) since I found the built-in bmac ethernet to not work well at
> 100mbps. (Works fine at 10baseT though, good enough for, say, a DSL
> modem) (there are pr's out on that issue)

Oh yes. Another reason to go for a G4 - their onboard ethernet (gem) 
works several orders of magnitude better than the bm used on older 
machines. And it does IP checksums in hardware.

have fun
Michael
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