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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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