Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 15:35:39 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: wraith@hollywood.cinenet.net (Robert Gorichanaz) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need recommendation of ethernet card Message-ID: <199509212235.PAA29509@everest> In-Reply-To: <199509212043.UAA10531@hollywood.cinenet.net> from "Robert Gorichanaz" at Sep 21, 95 01:43:52 pm
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> Hey. > I'm setting up a FreeBSD box to act as a gateway and I need a > recommendation on which make/model of ethernet card to use. > I have 1 box at home that has a NE2100 card in it and it works > like a charm, but I cannot seem to locate any of those in > the catalogs/stores nearby. > So, if someone out there could give me a recommendation on > a "popular", "available", solid and supported ethernet card > for ISA or PCI bus I'd really appreciate it and may buy ya > a beer if yer in town. For ISA, I like the SMC/Western Digital 16 bit (Elite 16?) cards. For PCI, I really couldn't say. Stay away from the NE2000 clone cards if your network is going to see any significant amount of traffic.
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