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From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: PCIe gigabit network card
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On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:01:51PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> i have to buy one, but i don't want to buy crappy/unsuported one.
> 
> what chipset/manufacturer i should look at.
> 
> they are for 20-40$ here, may brands many chips. please help.
> 

My suggestion would be to take a look at the 'Intel PRO/1000 PT' card.
It works fine with FreeBSD and Intel's network cards are generally
considered to be among the better ones.





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