Hi,

Up to now I have used 3c509B for ISA and 3c905 for PCI

dribbling@thekeyboard.com wrote:
> 
> Hello Matthew!
> 
>   M> I have a number of Realtek cards which I have since
>    > replaced since I  have experienced problems with
>    > NetBSD-1.4.2/i386 under extermely high load (network
>    > and machine).



It was PCI ones I had problems with.  The problem seems to be
an interrupt problem under _high_ load.  I could never be
bothered to look closely enough to see it it was:
 realtek card
 motherboard
 NetBSD
and since the 3com worked....


> 
> Do you think I'm likley to experience these sort of problems
> on 10Base-T?

I have no experience of Realtek ISA.
> 
>   M> Replacing with 3com 3c905 series produced extremely
>    > stable systems.
> 
> I've got one of those somewhere, which is probably destined
> for the only PCI machine I have here.  What would you
> recommend for an ISA machine running NetBSD?
> 
> Regards,
>   -
> Andy.
> 
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