Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:31:05 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset Message-ID: <18323.26937.976238.901116@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <47934EC5.4010509@student.utwente.nl> References: <47928642.2090707@gmail.com> <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org> <47934EC5.4010509@student.utwente.nl>
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"Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" writes: > > I also want a cheap PCI/e NIC that works well with drivers > > back toFreeBSD-4 like my plain PCI bge and em NICs do. I > > doubt that any popular motherboard will have anything better > > than a cheap PCI/e NIC. > > Finding a modern main board of which the builtin NIC works with > 4.X seems like a tall order to me, perhaps it would be easier to > install a seperate NIC. > > With some luck you might be able to pick up a decent used NIC > from a discarded Pentium(2) or something. I've been using a 3Com > 3c509 combo card for years. In 3.X the driver was still buggy, > but it worked great with 4.X, particularly the later ones, say, > 4.5 onwards. Not responding to the above directly, but: 1) RealTek has a reputation for making cheap-ass cards - not just "point-and-laugh", but "point-and-spit". 2) If you're going with a separate card, allow me to recommend the Intel Pro/1000 series. Major manufacturer, driver written by Intel (and the maintainer responds promptly to issues), and available for ~$25 on eBay. Robert Huff
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