Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:14:55 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for cheap PCI-E network adapter ? Message-ID: <201801022314.w02NEtfK093502@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <14197.1514925499@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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> > I need to buy a PCI-E ethernet card. It won't really matter if it > is 10/100/1000 or just 10/100 but it has to work with FreeBSD at a > minimum. It would be Nice if it was also supported by Linux and > Windoze7, but that isn't really critical. > > I'm a serious cheapskate, so I'd like to spend as little as possible. > I don't need anything super-deluxe. Whatever is cheapest will be fine, > even if the performance is only so-so. > > Recommendations would be appreciated. > > > P.S. The small amount of research I just now did suggests that Realtek > based cards should be avoided, but one reviewer said that the Rosewill > RC-411v3 works just fine on Ubuntu, so I'm not sure what to think about > Realtek-based cards now. The price is right (for me) on the Rosewill > RC-411v3, but various online threads (relating to Realtek chips) give > me pause... > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/60033/ > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/55861/ > > I really can't see blowing fifty bucks on a simple, low-end ethernet card, > but everything inexpensive seems to be Realtek-based. :-( I would seek the used channel, you can easily get good Intel chip based nics that just tend to work everywhere, are 10/100/1000, for well under $20 shipped, and often close to $10.00. ebay is the source. Se the em(4) man page for a good list of chips and cards. These well outwork and outperform any realtek card you might find, I have used realtek when it is a builtin, or for simple testing. The 8111 gigabit chips seem to work well everyplace I have used them. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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