Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:12:43 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good FreeBSD Supported Gigabit Ethernet Card? Message-ID: <839aec700709140012t3f65b494i998a6f489368f996@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46EA2955.5050802@gmail.com> References: <46EA192E.7030807@gmail.com> <46EA2955.5050802@gmail.com>
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On 9/13/07, Subhro Kar <subhro.kar@gmail.com> wrote: > Oliver Hansen wrote: > > I'm looking to eventually upgrade my home network to all gigabit so I'm > > going to start by purchasing a few NICs for some old servers I just > > received. I know there are quite a few supported by FreeBSD6 which I > > found ( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET > > ) but I'm wondering if there is any real benefit in buying a $40 or $50 > > NIC like the Netgear GA311 or just get a $20 NIC like the D-Link > > DFE-530TX+. The use will probably be a firewall, proxy, file server, and > > DVR. > > <http://www.EagleBit.com/Netgear_GA311_Gigabit_PCI_Card_p/eb-400-00357.htm>; > > > > No offence meant, but why would you like to upgrade a "home" network to > Gbit? Is it required at all? This is a useless response. Why do you feel the need to question his intentions? Maybe he wants faster throughput. Maybe he'd like to utilize GigE speeds on a switch he bought. Maybe he wants to learn more about gigabit networking. At any rate, "why" really doesn't matter. DS
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