Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:36:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Scott <gscott@guy.asimware.com> To: Matija Matijevac <mmat@twister.zrs.hr> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000614123323.16772C-100000@guy.asimware.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBIAOJFJAFKOEPEGOHIEKPCAAA.mmat@zrs.hr>
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> Is it possible to plug in 4 x network card in one FreeBSD box and that all > that cards works. > I think to buy all same card (Realtek 8139). Avoid RealTek chipset cards. I recall a review I once saw on RealTek parts: "It was widely known that NE2000 type cards were the lowest form of quality for ethernet. We cannot believe it, but there is now a new winner for this category.. the winner is RealTek." I made the mistake of using a couple of RealTek cards in a some high use servers. Both had problems with just dying. They also had really high collision rates. Replaced the cards with a Dlink 530TX and an Intel 100+ card and that fixed all the problems. -- Greg Scott Asimware Innovations Inc. Website Co-Ordinator 600 Upper Wellington St Unit D Network Administrator Hamilton, Ontario, L9A3P9 Canada gscott@asimware.com http://www.asimware.com PGP Key http://www.asimware.com/pubkey_gscott.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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