From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 3 21:52:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 397A016A49C for ; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:52:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675A643D55 for ; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:52:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k53Lqgx46455; Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:52:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Scott Hiemstra" , "'FreeBSD-Questions Questions'" Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:52:42 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20060602151122.B087043D5D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Does FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE support the 8237R? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:52:58 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Scott Hiemstra >Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:14 AM >To: 'FreeBSD-Questions Questions' >Subject: RE: Does FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE support the 8237R? > > >> I run FreeBSD 4.11 stable, and I need to replace my ASUS K8V Deluxe >> motherboard. I am thinking about de K8V-X SE. However, >> instead of the 8237 >> chipset, it has the 8237R. Is that supported in FreeBSD 4.11 stable as >> well? Also, instead of the Gigabyte LAN, it has a Realtek >> 8201CL D version >> LAN. Will that work, too? I can, for the life of me, no >> longer find a link >> on the new FreeBSD site (like >> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11-STABLE/hardware-i386.html >> #DISK, for >> instance). If anyone could tell me where the page is at, or knows the >> answer, I'd really appreciate it. > > >I have the same board in a server running 4.11 (FreeBSD >4.11-STABLE #0) and >no problems to report. The nic is detected as "RealTek >8129/8139" Those are crap cards. Lots of problems under even other operating systems and those cards and non-autonegotiation hubs and switches. They seem to negotiate OK if they are plugged into a 10/100 autoswitching switch, but they are not that efficient. If your server isn't doing a lot of network traffic they will work but I'd avoid using them in a file and print server most definitely. Ted