On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:04:02 -0700 Justin The Cynical <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 > P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. > > I have sitting around in my parts collection an HP J3171-60011 PCI LAN > 10/100TX card (Intel 82557 based) and a 3Com 3C905-TX. > > I've looked around, and I can't seem to find any performance information > on these two cards. Both are well supported, but which one would be the > better choice to use? > In my experience the cards of that era were all about the same in performance. The 3COM was probably more widely used. I'd toss a coin. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page