Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:55:03 -0700 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org> Cc: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who's got the cheapest 100-BT Ethernet NIC? Message-ID: <20010410095503.B29045@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <3AD2244E.4D11ABFC@aurora.regenstrief.org>; from gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 09:06:22PM %2B0000 References: <3AD21AE1.F715330E@aurora.regenstrief.org> <20010409133901.A27019@darkstar.gte.net> <3AD2244E.4D11ABFC@aurora.regenstrief.org>
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On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 09:06:22PM +0000, Gunther Schadow wrote: > Robert Clark wrote: > > > The Intel PILA8460B (Pro 10/100B) goes for 36$ US locally. Its three > > times the price of the 12$ Realtek card, but I argue that their worth > > the extra upfront cost. > > What is it that makes it so worthwhile? I am using several of these, > but they just work, and if something else works too, what's the > difference then? I feel that 36$ is a very good price for a "very good" NIC. Some vendors make as cheap as possible a product, despite the performance tradeoffs. I personally put RealTek in this category. Some manufacturers play the chip market to get good prices on whatever parts they can pick up, despite the compatibility tradeoffs. I think of Dlink as being in this category. (Before everyone flames me, they may have cleaned up their act recently.) Some manufacturers make a good quality product, and put out a similar model of product for some time. I feel like the Intel product fits into this category. I'd put 3com into this category as well, but I think they've been playing the "brand name recognition" wildcard for far too many years. (And I still associate their PCI cards with the small memoy buffers they tried to pull on the market.(Years ago.)) > > > On a slightly related note, is anyone working on a driver for the > > PILA8460C3 that uses its hardware crypto? I was supprised to see them > > going for 39$ US. > > This *is* a good point. We purchased the crypto card for $130 lately, > I'd be surprized if they are down to $39. But if they are, then it's > time to get KAME/IPsec to use the crypto offloading. Where can we get > the specifications from? I may very well look into fixing up the fxp > dirver. The 39$ price should be good. I can send you a URL off list, if you like. > > -Gunther > > -- > Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow@regenstrief.org > Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care > Adjunct Assistent Professor Indiana University School of Medicine > tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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