From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 28 01:26:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC5E16A4D0 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:26:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from asmtp-a063f29.pas.sa.earthlink.net (asmtp-a063f29.pas.sa.earthlink.net [207.217.120.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 225BA43D46 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:26:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from system-administrator@earthlink.net) Received: from user-0cceq8c.cable.mindspring.com ([24.199.105.12] helo=earthlink.net)(TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1BpdCi-0005SG-9n; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:26:00 -0700 Message-ID: <410700AB.3080404@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:26:03 -0400 From: "Hakim Z. Singhji" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040115 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olaf Hoyer References: <4101DCAF.3050804@earthlink.net> <4101E16B.1070000@daleco.biz> <4101E4B7.3030505@earthlink.net> <20040724152258.T20056@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> In-Reply-To: <20040724152258.T20056@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.83.6.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 59e746354e49a56ad5e26e230a8c4dea74bf435c0eb9d478649883cad881a676321c9ee99085888b7ce9d7d6371795e9350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.199.105.12 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Gateway??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:26:01 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Olaf Hoyer wrote: | On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Hakim Z. Singhji wrote: | |>| |>| 10/100? There are less Gigabit types that are supported, yet, |>| but then the reason for that should be pretty obvious. |>| |>| Anyway, you generally can't go wrong with 3Com. That said, |>| I've never had trouble with 3Com, SiS, DEC/Intel, even RealTek |>| and the onboard VIA/Rhine stuff (drivers, respectively: xl, sis, dc, |>| rl, vr). |>| |>| That covers quite a few chipsets. There are plenty more. The |>| only problem I have answering your post is that I don't know what's |>| *not* supported. Also, some users have reported issues with "watchdog |>| timeout" errors using 5.X FBSD and one of the drivers mentioned above. |>| You could probably spot which one on Google ... | | | Hi! | | Well, I personally prefer the Intel Etherexpress in 100MBit Scenarios. | (fxp) | | You also could look at ebay, sometimes they show up in bundles of 5 or | so, and then are below those 30$ list price... | | Or you could have a look at a Znyx or Adaptec or Intel dual/Quad card, I | also noticed some Adaptec quad ones on german ebay recently. | | In Gigabit world, well, Intel or Broadcom (em or bge) cards are nice, | but given the scenario you have, they are overkill and quite costly | compared to some fxp or xl. | | Do _not_ go for Realtek or Via, they impose a far heavier load on the | CPU than Intel or 3COM. | | HTH | Olaf | Hi Olaf, Thanks alot for your help, I found a pretty good deal on a pair 3COM Xl's $10 each...pretty good huh. Hey maybe I could use you as a resource if I have any questions about setting up the Gateway/Router. Thanks again. HZS -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBBwCrNF6tCt5tOyIRAkr9AJ9dRdcevTSJoVeQLo2sPNFgHPtMigCguZEa ulyosIh6cWZnWogvKTh2cnQ= =9tRi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----