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Date:      Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:09:33 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        team_fbf@pristine.com.tw (ywliu)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, team_fbf@pristine.com.tw, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: D-Link PCI NE2000 clone supported ?
Message-ID:  <199603290339.OAA20047@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603291105.LAA20966@neptune.pristine.com.tw> from "ywliu" at Mar 29, 96 11:05:19 am

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ywliu stands accused of saying:
> 
> 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 ?

Sure; the SMC PCI cards are known to work well.  Accton appear to be using
the DEC chipset too.  As I mentioned before, don't go with Compex.

If you're building a server, then spending a little more money on an SMC
card is worth it for the certainty that you'll get a card that works.

> Yen-Wei Liu

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