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From: erick@sunee.waterloo.edu (Erick Engelke)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Rpacket driver for Gateway Ethernet boards
Message-ID: <1990Aug7.141950.29445@sunee.waterloo.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 90 14:19:50 GMT
References: <9008031435.AA01392@vax.ftp.com>
Organization: University of Waterloo
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In article <9008031435.AA01392@vax.ftp.com> jbvb@vax.ftp.com writes:
>Have you asked Gateway?  They sell a version of PC/TCP with a Packet Driver
>for their Ethernet cards, so I know one exists.
>

I have Gateway's driver but I recommend against using it.  The 16 bit Gateway
card has a fraction of the performance of even the 8 bit Western Digital card
when using the packet driver software. 

Maybe someone from Gateway would like to offer a new driver which does the card
justice.

Erick Engelke
Network System Manager
Faculty of Engineering
University of Waterloo