From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 2 07:56:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA29975 for current-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 07:56:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA29970 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 07:56:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA20848; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 07:56:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710021456.HAA20848@implode.root.com> To: Luigi Rizzo cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman), ache@nagual.pp.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which PCI Ethernet card is best for FreeBSD-current? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 02 Oct 1997 13:23:52 BST." <199710021223.NAA12138@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 07:56:39 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > Could someone share his experience with me and tell about 2-3 best models? >> > Stability is more essential than performance for me. >> >> Intel EE Pro/100B, without question. Second choice, DEC DE500 and >> some clones. Never buy anything from 3Com. > >you may want to notice though that the data sheets for the DEC21x4x are >available on line so if you have problems with some driver you can at >least try and fix them yourself. Not sure if the data sheets for the >Pro/100B are available for the casual user or without NDA. I haven't verified this, but I'm told that the data sheet for the i82557 is available on the Intel developer's web site and on the "developer's insight" CDROM. >Secondly the 2114x is used by many many vendors so you can find >these cards very cheap. Last I heard, you could buy the Pro/100B PCI for $59.95 in the Bay Area. My local price is around $65-$75, however. I don't think price is an issue at this level. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project