Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 16:42:24 +0100 From: "Scott Taggart" <scott_t@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: <pahowes@fair-ware.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Stable Mailing List" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendation... Message-ID: <000f01c132fc$b7c87680$0200000a@intranet> References: <ABENJKDFOLCKBPLGACFDIEGDDDAA.pahowes@fair-ware.com>
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I run a Netgear FA312 (same as FA311 but with WOL) on my BSD lan gateway and it runs sweet under the sis driver, no problems at all with it, good card! :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul A. Howes" <pahowes@fair-ware.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: Ethernet Card Recommendation... > All- > > I plan to upgrade my home network shortly. I am currently using an 8-port, > 10 Mbps 3Com hub and 3C509B Ethernet cards. What I have been looking at is > the 8-port, Netgear FS108 10/100 switch ($70), and their FA311 10/100 > network cards ($20/ea.) > > Although I have used their network cards on Windows machines very > successfully, I would like to know if they are compatible with FreeBSD? I > looked through the LINT file, and saw that they were mentioned as supported, > but I wonder what that level of support is? I know that the Intel cards are > the "best supported" with the 3C9xx series being a close second, but they > tend to be more expensive than the Netgear cards. The fact that Netgear is > really a business unit Bay Networking doesn't exactly hurt my feelings, > either :-) > > Thanks! > > -- > Paul A. Howes > pahowes@fair-ware.com > > If you would like my PGP key, send a blank e-mail to pgpkey@fair-ware.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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