This Story Posted:
February 25th

 
 

[11:57 AM]
Farallon Drivers Increase Ethernet Performance 35%
Farallon has released updated drivers for its line of Fast EtherTX-10/100 PCI and Comm Slot II cards that they claim will increase network performance of MacOS 8.5 up to 35%. Farallon also says that the new drivers are compatible with EtherPeek and NetMinder. According to Farallon:

"Farallon worked closely with both The AG Group and Neon Software to ensure 100% driver compatibility with these two leading software network analyzers. With virtually no packet loss, Farallon's new 2.0 driver is optimized for use with both EtherPeek and NetMinder Ethernet on Fast Ethernet networks."

Farallon says that they are planning on releasing an update for Fast EtherTX-10/100 CardBus adapter before the end of the first quarter of 1999.

The drivers are available for a free download at Farallon's web site and are usable with MacOS 7.5.3 and above (though the performance claims are limited to MacOS 8.5 and 8.5.1).

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