From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 17 11:24:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D7B37B403 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:24:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from achornback@worldnet.att.net) Received: from tomcat ([12.93.210.195]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20010717182410.ZYGF13460.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@tomcat>; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 18:24:10 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Justin C Sherrill" , Cc: "Gavin Kenny" Subject: RE: Recommend a NIC Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:16:33 -0400 Message-ID: <001001c10eec$9be918e0$0e00000a@tomcat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 In-Reply-To: <01071710452601.00402@roc-24-169-96-227.rochester.rr.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Justin C > Sherrill > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:45 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Gavin Kenny > Subject: Re: Recommend a NIC > > > On Tuesday 17 July 2001 07:18, you wrote: > > > My boss has said I can buy some new NIC's. So what > > does everyone suggest? > > Other than the occasional glitch, there's very little difference between > Ethernet cards by manufacturer. Find a cheap one (or 10, in your > case), make > sure it's supported, and you will probably be OK. > > The difference between, say, a 3Com card and a generic card with > a RealTek > chipset is only the price. My workplace (cable ISP) installs/supplies > several hundred Ethernet cards each week to new customers, and > the average > results have borne this out. You DIDN'T just say that... DID you?!? *falls over laughing* The difference between a 3Com and a RealTek is only the price? *shakes his head and makes a note not to get a cable modem...* 3Com NICs have some problems under FreeBSD, from what I've gathered on the various lists. RealTeks aren't even worth bothering with if you're planning on having a useful system. The consensus seems to be that you can't go wrong with an Intel NIC. While I personally don't have or use any Intel NICs, I do use SMC and have never had a problem with one. Hey, Justin, thanks for the laugh... --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message