Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:35:54 -0500 From: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Questions about Nics and Freebsd Message-ID: <003401c243d2$306da380$32040101@hume> References: <20020814140358.W79676-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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I have to agree. The ONLY card I've had absolutely no problems with is the FA310TX, which is getting increasingly hard to find since they've replaced that card more than a few times. I have had some luck with the LinkSys cards, but they just don't last as long as the NG cards do. > The Netgear FA310TX cards are really solid. With 18 or 20 of these in > production and under moderate load for approximately 3 years, I had my > first one cease to function last week, but that was only after moving > it to a different machine, so I'd bet it was a combination of ESD, and > a 3 year old card that pushed a million packets per day or so. > > I changed suppliers, and the new supplier didn't carry them, so I > switched to Intel 10/100S cards (PILA8460), which add about 25% to the > price, but work extremely well, are easy to source, and always seem to > be in stock. I also have a few of their dual port NICs, and have been > satisfied with those as well. > > I have the odd 3Com card scattered among a few workstations with no > complaints, but tend to stay away from them because of their cost for > a basic 10/100 card. I did get several defective 3C905 cards from the > same mfg lot two or three years ago, which got a lot of attention when > I sent them back, because (quote from RMA tech) "but they're 3Com!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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