Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:49:07 -0700 From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca Account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca> To: "Justin C Sherrill" <justin@shiningsilence.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Recommend a NIC Message-ID: <000c01c10f4d$5cc690a0$0ac8a8c0@kimsamy.com> References: <000c01c10f4b$4c383380$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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To answer your original question.......... Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 uses fxp driver - never, ever had a problem But my experience is limited. Only have about 30'ish clients using this, plus two in my bsd box at home and two more at work! I don't think you'll regret buying Intel (at least as far as NIC's are concerned - CPU's are quite another matter) Regards, Kulraj Gurm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Gavin Kenny" <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk>; "Justin C Sherrill" <justin@shiningsilence.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:34 PM Subject: RE: Recommend a NIC > There's 2 things you have to do to fix the 3c509 for any one that cares: > > 1) Run it in a fast system (Pentium 200 or better) > 2) Run the 3c509b version of the card > > The original 509's were very bad and would cause lots of problems particularly > on slower systems > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gavin Kenny > >Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 8:16 AM > >To: Justin C Sherrill; questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Cc: Gavin Kenny > >Subject: Re: Recommend a NIC > > > > > >The trouble with the 3Com 509 is that it uses the ep > >driver, which according to the archives of this list, > >is flakey and I keep getting "No Buffer space > >Available" messages which I have been told is down to > >the ep driver. If this isn't the case and someone > >knows how to fix it without using another type of NIC > >(and therefore driver) please let me know. > > > >Cheers > > > >Gavin > > > > --- Justin C Sherrill <justin@shiningsilence.com> > >wrote: > 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. > >> > >> Justin > > > >____________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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