Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:02:52 -0500 (EST) From: Mark turpin <mturpin@shadow.spel.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981213215507.12940B-100000@shadow.spel.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981213163548.06cd3450@mail.lariat.org>
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On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > I'm looking for some good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards which are > supported by drivers included with FreeBSD. Unfortunately, the ones listed > in the "Readme" are "name brands" -- and are going for $80-100 instead of > the $20 that most people seem to be paying for Ethernet NICs for WinDoze. > For example, the Netgear FA310TX is priced in the mid-$20's and comes from > a reputable company, but I can't tell if it will work. > > Does anyone have a handle on a good, inexpensive brand that's known to be > compatible? I'll need a few 32-bit PCI units and one or two for ISA, so I'm > interested in recommendations for both. > RealTek 8139 based card. They are 10/100Mbps PCI, work with FreeBSD (rl0 driver), and you can get them for $15-$20. I have about 20 of them. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Turpin | Consulting - Training - Network Installation Systems Engineer | Main Street Technology Centre | http://www.MainStreetTech.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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