Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:46:42 -0700 From: Sean Peck <seanp@loudcloud.com> To: Justin C Sherrill <justin@shiningsilence.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: Recommend a NIC Message-ID: <3B55CB82.DAE20228@loudcloud.com> References: <001001c10eec$9be918e0$0e00000a@tomcat> <01071723380800.01143@roc-24-169-96-227.rochester.rr.com>
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I have fried enough RL cards to have to say there is a Huge difference between these cards... for the average user, a $9 or $15 card may do fine, but RealTek's are not in the same class as 3Com server cards... they are more expensive no doubt, but it is not merely a matter of brand naming. Justin C Sherrill wrote: > On Tuesday 17 July 2001 14:16, you wrote: > > > You DIDN'T just say that... DID you?!? > > > > *falls over laughing* > > > > The difference between a 3Com and a RealTek is only the price? *shakes > > his head and makes a note not to get a cable modem...* > > NICs come into our warehouse in sheets; 3Com cards cost us 3 times as much > and invariably had some duds on every allotment. RealTek didn't when we > ordered from them. I was using RealTek vs. 3Com because I've seen people > attach value judgements to those brand names when overall, the brand name > only made a difference in price. If you're going to make a recommendation, > it'd be nice to have some evidence other than anecdotal. > > My personal best experience with network cards in FreeBSD came from Intel > EtherExpress chipsets in two different machines. That's not a lot to judge > from, of course. I've also had good luck with 3Com 9xx series cards, which > use a different driver (xl instead of ep) from the troublesome ones Gavin > mentioned. I unfortunately haven't experienced and don't know of a fix for > the ep flakiness... That might be a question for the freebsd-hardware list. > > Justin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Garbage Collection... the bell bottoms of programming.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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