From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jul 7 8:35:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EDE337BF4D for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 08:35:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA32190; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 10:34:59 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 10:34:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: Doug Barton Cc: jfb@visi.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New system for FreeBSD -- pls advise In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Chris Dillon wrote: > > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 jfb@visi.com wrote: > > > > 3Com 3c905b ethernet > > > > One word: yuck. Get an Intel EtherExpress PRO 10/100B. > > No such thing anymore. You want an Intel Pro/100+ Management > Adapter. Check the archives for recent discussion on how Intel renamed and > split their product line. I meant to indicate the general NIC family, not a specific model. You get the idea. :-) But, you can still buy the good old PRO 10/100B (82558B) if you look around. The Pro/100+ Management (82559) does work just fine, too. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message