> 
> When I tried to ftp a large file from another NetBSD machine on my 
> local network using that kernel I was disappointed to find the 
> maximum transfer rate was only about 550 KB/s, plus this message 
> popped up a few times during the session:

You are lucky to get that much out of an ISA card.
You will also find that the cpu is 100% busy.

The only ISA card I've seen get anywhere near ethernet
bandwidth are the bus masterting PcNet-ISA cards, and
I suspect they don't work too well in PCI based systems.

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk