Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 08:51:14 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com>, Gavin Kenny <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommend a NIC Message-ID: <0107230851140C.00379@mark9.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010723085920.0266fe10@mail.wmptl.net> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010723085920.0266fe10@mail.wmptl.net>
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On Monday 23 July 2001 08:04, Nathan Vidican wrote: > At 12:18 PM 7/17/2001 +0100, Gavin Kenny wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I've been using a load of 3Com 509 NIC's and having > >the usual Buffer/Driver problems. > > > >My boss has said I can buy some new NIC's. So what > >does everyone suggest? > > > >They are going into old Dell Optiplexes so they can be > >either ISA or PCI 2.1 and I am using FreeBSD 4.1 (I > >don't want to upgrade as I don't access to the > >Internet) > > > >As far as speed in concerned 10 or 100Mbps is OK. > > > >Major need is they need to be cheap(ish) (I need 10) > >and available in the UK. > > > >Suggestions? I have used a bunch of Linksys LNE100TX cards in the past. They don't seem to offer blazing performace, but they also don't seem to cause problems. They are also cheap as hell. I don't know if they are available in the UK. Josh > > > >Many thanks > > > >Gavin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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