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Date:      Tue, 30 Jul 1996 22:42:40 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        mango@communique.net (Raul Zighelboim)
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Best Ethernet Card / Best Drivers for ?
Message-ID:  <199607302042.WAA12158@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960730134624.491Y-100000@yama.communique.net> from Raul Zighelboim at "Jul 30, 96 01:57:37 pm"

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As Raul Zighelboim wrote:
> 
> We are building a server for the office.
> We want to make this server as solid as possible.
> 
> So, the question is:
> 
> 	What is the best supported Ethernet Card for FreeBSD 2.1.5 ?

Mainly depends on the bus system.

For ISA buses, the WD/SMC cards (SMC 8013) are fine.

For PCI, get something with the DEC 21040 chip.  They are built by
many vendors.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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