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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote:

> I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1.

alc(4) works on 8-stable here.  My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100 
interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable.  Manually setting media 
type makes it work.

> So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I was 
> looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and works easily 
> with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for ones that have been 
> used and not caused you to many headaches.

A Belkin F5D5050 has been occasionally useful to me.  It's slow, I 
wouldn't really trust it long-term, and wouldn't have it if it hadn't 
been on clearout for like $2 years back.  Better than nothing, 
certainly.