Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:42:47 +0000 From: "Frank Leonhardt (m)" <frank2@fjl.co.uk> To: "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org." <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Re: Recommendations for cheap PCI-E network adapter ? Message-ID: <1C968843-F1A3-4D95-B4FB-81D86BD32F82@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <380D1F36-E01A-4F6F-B327-62AD6AF5C2D9@fjl.co.uk> References: <380D1F36-E01A-4F6F-B327-62AD6AF5C2D9@fjl.co.uk>
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-------- Original Message -------- From: "Frank Leonhardt (m)" <frank2@fjl.co.uk> Sent: 2 January 2018 21:21:32 GMT+00:00 To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Subject: Re: Recommendations for cheap PCI-E network adapter ? On 2 January 2018 20:38:19 GMT+00:00, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> wrote: > >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. :-( Nothing wrong with Realtek at all. They are well supported. Some people are sniffy about them as the driver can't offload protocol stuff to the hardware. This makes a big difference if you have a server with lots of traffic on several interfaces. One card at 100Mbps, however, won't max out your CPU. You probably won't even measure a difference if you tried looking. I actually use them for WOL because the drivers work more reliability, even thought I switch to Broadcomm or Intel for the heavy lifting once it's booted. See my blog for further. Its a pity you're not in London. I have loads of NICs going spare. Can't get cheaper than that! -- Sent from my Cray X/MP with small fiddling keyboard. -- Sent from my Cray X/MP with small fiddling keyboard.
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