[rescue] Fast Ethernet vs. SS2

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Probably a good choice. OpenBSD (at least, I don't know about NetBSD)
seems to have less than ideal HME drivers. Under OpenBSD my friend
wasn't able to get more than 20Mb/s in an Ultra1 (non-E) with a hme. It
actually peaked at 20Mb/s then slowly dropped down to 8Mb/s. I have the
identical machine and when he lent me the HME, I got 48Mb/s with Debian.
shawn

On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 21:36, jwbirdsa at picarefy.com wrote:
>    Well, I have purchased a Big Mac. I settled on that after considering two
> factors: 1) the report posted here of somebody who has actually used one
> in a SS2 (versus no reports for a Happy Meal in a SS2) and 2) the hme is
> listed as "not well tested" in NetBSD 1.5.x.
> 
>    One thing I've learned over the years is that if I want something to
> Just Work, I should stick to configurations that other people have used
> and ironed the bugs out of. There's lots of fun to be had with fooling
> around with odd combinations, but not if you're trying to solve an
> immediate problem and need to just drop something in and go, instead of
> spending weeks tweaking and exercising.
> 
>    Thanks to everybody who posted advice today!
> 
>    --James B.
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