Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 09:44:22 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth <shocking@prth.pgs.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Decent network cards for 100Mbit? Message-ID: <372DC456.D1653941@softweyr.com> References: <199905030841.QAA25568@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com>
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Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth wrote:
>
> Having discovered that the Realtek chipset is a flatulent sack of pus, I'm
> wondering what results people have had with other PCI network cards, and what
> order of preference they'd put them in.
Yeah, the 8129/8139 leave a lot to be desired. I've been through this
a lot lately, and have just replaced a bunch of 3c905 and 3c905B cards
with LinkSys EtherFast (LNE100TX) cards. Our through is still not
stellar, but much better than the 3c905s or the onboard EtherExpress
Pro 100B on one of the machines.
The LinkSys cards use the LiteOn PNIC chip, which is a "follow-on" to
the DEC Tulip. There is a driver for it in 3.x (device pn), you'd have
to back-port it to 2.2.x if you want to use it there. I've only had
them for a few days but so far everything has come up roses. They're
selling at warehouse.com for $29.99 with a $10 rebate, making them
about the cost of an expensive lunch. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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