Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:05:19 +0000 () From: ywliu <team_fbf@pristine.com.tw> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: team_fbf@pristine.com.tw, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D-Link PCI NE2000 clone supported ? Message-ID: <199603291105.LAA20966@neptune.pristine.com.tw> In-Reply-To: <199603280508.PAA14942@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Mar 28, 96 03:38:22 pm
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> > ywliu stands accused of saying: > > > > I just wonder, if D-LINK PCI NE2000 clone Ethernet card (I forgot > > its product number) is supported by FreeBSD 2.1R ? If yes, we > > plan to buy dozens of it. > > AFAIK, not by 2.1R. > > The only real reason for buying a PCI ethernet card is speed. The NE2000 > interface model is not a speedy one. > > If you want lots of cheap ethernet cards, buy cheap ISA ethernet cards. > > If you want lots of high-performance ethernet cards, buy decent PCI > ethernet cards. Anything based on the Digital DC2404x (except Compex) > is a good buy, or the new Intel PCI cards are good choices. The latter > would require you to upgrade to -stable, which would be a good idea > anyway. > Yes, we need a high-end PC to be a server and that's why we need a decent PCI Ethernet card, rather than a cheap clone. But after pursuing the release notes of 2.1R, I cannot find any PCI card explicitly supported and noted there. Could you or anyone recommend some brands of supported PCI Ethernet cards ? Thanks for your help. Yen-Wei Liu
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