Subject: Re: Fiber gigE card
To: NetBSD Current Users <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Chuck Yerkes <chuck+nbsd@2003.snew.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/04/2003 18:00:14
from openbsd's "man ti" (which is appears as).
o The Netgear GA620 Gigabit Ethernet adapter (1000baseSX)
Alteon chipset used by many cards. Mine is a GA620.
I use two with two machines (crossover fiber). REALLY fast,
nice to have no electrical connections between these two systems
(ones on a UPS, ones on an isolater on the stereo and ground loops
are a pain).
I've ftp'd at nearly 100MB/s.
Again, 2.
A third would mean buying over priced hubs.
Quoting Chuck Yerkes (chuck+nbsd@2003.snew.com):
> I've got a netgear one, but not in the NetBSD box.
> A GAsomething (GA102?). Works wonderfully with
> Linux, OpenBSD and FreeBSD. I'd expect the same
> from NetBSD.
>
> Quoting Michael Graff (explorer@flame.org):
> > Kevin Sullivan <ksulliva@psc.edu> writes:
> >
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> > I think we're using some Netgear one that seems to be based on an
> > Intel chipset. I can find out more if that isn't sufficient.