Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 20:01:33 -0500 From: "David B. Aas" <dave@ciminot.com> To: "'Andriss'" <andriss@andriss.com> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 100mbit full-duplex capable card Message-ID: <001b01bedede$147265a0$0fc8a8c0@dave.ciminot.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908041839170.8476-100000@NetMint.COM>
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I like the 3com 905bTX card. It works great with FreeBSD. I have put together several servers with dual cards in them, and had no problems with setup or operation. I love them! Dave Aas dave@ciminot.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andriss > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 5:42 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: 100mbit full-duplex capable card > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hello, > > Can someone recommend me a good 100mb full-duplex capable > ethernet card? > > I was thinking of either the fxp0 driver for the Intel etherexpress > (or whatever it was called) or the xl0 driver for 3Com's 905btx. > > I also have a de0 ?Kingston? KNE100tx card which I don't like very > much because it acts weird under heavy load (and that was just > 10mbits not even full-duplex) and displays verbose error messages, > and sometimes doesn't come back after cable errors (for instance > if I pull the plug on it) making me altogether doubtful that it will > work well under the 100mbit conditions. > > The machine in question is running FreeBSD 3.2 on i386 architecture > and is SCSI based (if it matters) > > I would appreciate if you can give me some comments or maybe links > and other info about the 100 mbit full-duplex cards. > > Thank you, > > Andriss > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.3a > Charset: noconv > > iQCVAwUBN6jBwiQe9jf/ODl9AQFGSQQAkua4a0HyLyz0TJ4oskPPS3pHtqslzd5I > p0ik7neWKmWQXeHhaBvckqJLvbbH7IUlkRE8Vpz8mOrk5lum91rKXUPmtWRA5UlP > TVaXG/wiCY7nElbFWvVFwLl9wMyAf8cdQw0RNNx2QBduyaj3xDAZl7Im4GL9KqwP > reMdF6m/C7I= > =znLb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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