Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:37:48 -0500 From: Spikeman <spikeman@myself.com> To: Greg Scott <gscott@guy.asimware.com> Cc: Matija Matijevac <mmat@twister.zrs.hr>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 x Network card Message-ID: <3947D0FC.30BE9E34@myself.com> References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000614123323.16772C-100000@guy.asimware.com>
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aye,,, I learned they suck the hard way also... I had a onbaord ethernet die on me and i got a free 'asound' which has a RealTEK chip set and it was fine till I tryed to do a trans on a lan and it took 6 mins with the stalling and the slow tran rate to move a half a meg file.... so I will/must swap out a 3com out of another system just so I can get everything working nicly..... :-( Greg Scott wrote: > > Is it possible to plug in 4 x network card in one FreeBSD box and that all > > that cards works. > > I think to buy all same card (Realtek 8139). > > Avoid RealTek chipset cards. > > I recall a review I once saw on RealTek parts: > > "It was widely known that NE2000 type cards were the lowest form of > quality for ethernet. We cannot believe it, but there is now a new winner > for this category.. the winner is RealTek." > > I made the mistake of using a couple of RealTek cards in a some high use > servers. Both had problems with just dying. They also had really high > collision rates. > > Replaced the cards with a Dlink 530TX and an Intel 100+ card and that > fixed all the problems. > > -- > Greg Scott Asimware Innovations Inc. > Website Co-Ordinator 600 Upper Wellington St Unit D > Network Administrator Hamilton, Ontario, L9A3P9 Canada > gscott@asimware.com http://www.asimware.com > > PGP Key http://www.asimware.com/pubkey_gscott.asc > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -- ___ /\ \ phase two of global domination in operation, hide all lions. /::\ \ /:/\:\ \ Comments or Questions email spikeman@myself.com _\:\~\:\ \ /\ \:\ \:\__\ Spikeman spikeman@myself.com \:\ \:\ \/__/ http://www.spikeman.net \:\ \:\__\ Find Me On EFNET /whois Spikeman \:\/:/ / \::/ / Friends are lights in winter; \/__/ The older the friend, the brighter the light. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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