From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 21 17:27:58 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B5C61065679 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@dexter.starfire.mn.org) Received: from dexter.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [173.8.102.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D3A8FC16 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from john@localhost) by dexter.starfire.mn.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id o0LHRvB12221 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:27:57 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from john) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:27:57 -0600 From: John To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100121112757.A11858@starfire.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Subject: Recommendations for NICs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:58 -0000 This used to be a hot topic long ago, but now seems to have become rather dormant. Does that mean that all NICs are pretty much commodity with all the good features (unaligned scatter/gather, etc), or does it just mean that machine performance has grown to the point where we don't care anymore? The hardware.html page tells me what may owrk, but not what may work WELL. The on-board NIC uses the fxp driver. Should I look for another card that uses the same driver? Are those good, or are both good and "bad" cards supproted by the same driver? The list doesn't give any of the featuers which used to be assocaited with "good" or "bad" cards - just the names. Thanks! -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG