Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 18:21:32 -0500 From: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> To: Roman Le Houelleur <roman@IPricot.com>, "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ether card for dummynet Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20001215182132.015b0640@embt.com> In-Reply-To: <3A3A418A.6CB4084F@IPricot.com>
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I haven't had experience with building bridges, but as far as general NICs suitable for FreeBSD, this question has been asked before. The Intel Etherexpress stuff is about the best 10/100 card you'll find. Several "good" cards are made from the PNIC 82c169 chipset, including the Kingston KNE-110TX and the NetGear FA-310TX. One bonus to the FA310TX is that it has _five_ status LEDs on the back, and the Kingston has four. Most cards have three, or even two. Just these little things that you notice... I personally would avoid the Realtek based stuff. Current prices on http://www.mwave.com (love that place) Intel PRO/100+ WOL $41.00 NetGear FA-310TX $19.00 ..plus shipping of course Tom At 05:06 PM 12/15/00 +0100, Roman Le Houelleur wrote: >hello, > > I'm about to build a bridge that will >use the dummynet system. > I would like to known what are the recommended >ethernet cards to use in this case. > > I've had a look at the Intel etherexpress, but >this one is quite expensive, so if there are low >cost cardsthat can do the job, please let me know. > > What about the realtek 8139 (rl driver) ? > > Thanks, > >Roman. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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