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Date:      Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:57:38 -0700
From:      Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com>
To:        FreeBSD-Lis <FreeBSD@Zaleo.nl>
Cc:        Li Zeng <lzeng@perfisans.com>
Subject:   Re: Looking for RealTek 8139c+ based NIC
Message-ID:  <3F5E30B2.1020400@soekris.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20030909190546.00b28930@pop3.zaleo.homeunix.net>
References:  <5.1.1.6.2.20030909190546.00b28930@pop3.zaleo.homeunix.net>

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Hi,

FreeBSD-Lis wrote:

> Dear Li Zeng,
> 
> This is a chipset not a brand, a lot of manufactures are using RealTec 
> chipset's..
> My advice don't use a Realtec based NIC, it resolves in a lot of 
> collisions and there are some auto negotiating problems with this dual 
> speed card. (Drops down to 10Mbit and sometimes you have to reconnect 
> the cable to let it work after a reboot)
> 
> This is a Windows Box orientated chipset, FreeBSD simply over load this 
> chipset.

Be aware the the specific 8139C+ actually don't have much in common with 
the older Realtek 8139 chips.... The + version is a much more advanced 
new version with real descripter based buffer management and IP/TCP 
checksum offload.

I'm actually also considering it for some projects, and wouldn't mind if 
I could locate a board with it for testing....


Regards,


Soren


> Kind Regards,
> Zeo Smeijsters
> 
> At 11:43 9-9-2003 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bill Paul,
>>
>> I am looking for Realtek 8139c+ NIC for my project. I learnt from 
>> freebsd.org website that you have gotten a sample 8139c+ NIC. I just 
>> wonder who sells this card and what is the card's model. I'd 
>> appreciate it if you could tell me.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Li Zeng
>> Software Developer,
>> Perfisans Networks
>> lzeng@perfisans.com
>>
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