From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 20 15: 3:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail6.bigmailbox.com (hipmail6.gohip.com [208.232.3.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD9F15375; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:03:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gummibear@nettaxi.com) Received: œby mail6.bigmailbox.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA18364; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:03:26 -0800 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:03:26 -0800 Message-Id: <200001202303.PAA18364@mail6.bigmailbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary X-Mailer: MIME-tools 4.104 (Entity 4.116) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-Ip: [209.244.73.181] From: "gummibear@nettaxi.com" To: questions@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Advice Needed On Small Office Hub and Net Adapters Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello! I was hoping to find some advice on network equipment for a small office. I'm helping out a friend setup his business (a small Security Staffing Company) network, and I'm sort of stuck on price/performance issues. It will be a mix of Windows 9x clients and FreeBSD servers. At my job we use 3com hubs, switches and a mix of Intel and 3com netowrk adapters. I have found great performance with the Intel network adapters and I also like their design (I love a nice clean visually appealing hardware design). The network I'll be setting up will have about 5 users and possible a few more in the future. They plan to hook up their Intranet to the Internet via a DSL line. Now, I feel that 3com is pretty reliable but very expensive. Intel on the other hand is also a good performer, but also a bit pricy (although better than 3com). He's willing to spend around $2000 on the equipment, but I'd really like to get him the best price/performance I can. I'm looking into Netgear equipment (because I use them at home and find the price reasonable). Their stackable 16 port hubs and network adapters seem to be at a very good price, but I question their reliability and performance. Does anyone have any experience with this equipment? I'm also open to suggestions to other possible low cost/high performance solutions. Joey Garcia PS I plan to use FreeBSD as their firewall and NAT server for the DSL connection. ------------------------------------------------------------ What's the fastest way to find a great travel deal on the Internet? Travelzoo's Weekly Top 20 -- at www.travelzoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message