From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 15 15:19:57 2000 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 15:19:55 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mercury.gfit.net (unknown [209.246.145.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FE6B37B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:19:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from paranor (roc-24-169-192-168.rochester.rr.com [24.169.192.168]) by mercury.gfit.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA28687; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:29:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tom@embt.com) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20001215182132.015b0640@embt.com> X-Sender: tembt@embt.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:21:32 -0500 To: Roman Le Houelleur , "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" From: Tom Embt Subject: Re: ether card for dummynet In-Reply-To: <3A3A418A.6CB4084F@IPricot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I haven't had experience with building bridges, but as far as general NICs suitable for FreeBSD, this question has been asked before. The Intel Etherexpress stuff is about the best 10/100 card you'll find. Several "good" cards are made from the PNIC 82c169 chipset, including the Kingston KNE-110TX and the NetGear FA-310TX. One bonus to the FA310TX is that it has _five_ status LEDs on the back, and the Kingston has four. Most cards have three, or even two. Just these little things that you notice... I personally would avoid the Realtek based stuff. Current prices on http://www.mwave.com (love that place) Intel PRO/100+ WOL $41.00 NetGear FA-310TX $19.00 ..plus shipping of course Tom At 05:06 PM 12/15/00 +0100, Roman Le Houelleur wrote: >hello, > > I'm about to build a bridge that will >use the dummynet system. > I would like to known what are the recommended >ethernet cards to use in this case. > > I've had a look at the Intel etherexpress, but >this one is quite expensive, so if there are low >cost cardsthat can do the job, please let me know. > > What about the realtek 8139 (rl driver) ? > > Thanks, > >Roman. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message