From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 26 08:11:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA16451 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:11:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cm110119.cableco-op.com (cm110119.cableco-op.com [206.24.110.119]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA16444 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:11:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jwg@cm110119.cableco-op.com) Received: from localhost (jwg@localhost) by cm110119.cableco-op.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA12735; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:10:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jwg@cm110119.cableco-op.com) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 08:10:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Gray To: bear@pacificnet.net cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISO NIC Advise In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980826064647.0069f320@pacificnet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am using ex0: Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+, address 00:a0:c9:b2:3a:ab, connector TPE I have a cable modem. FreeBSD makes it easy. a) install the above card. b) configure your IP address etc. Nothing else to do. No jumpers or drivers as the above card is fully supported. I futzed with too many cards in the past. This one works very well. Jeff On Wed, 26 Aug 1998 bear@pacificnet.net wrote: > > Hey all, > > Like the Subjects sugests, I'm in search of some network card advise. I'm > really considering this Cable Modem deal, but I'm not too sure which NIC I > should purchase. Everything now-a-days is all plug-n-play which I really > don't want to hassle with. I don't mind setting jumpers, IRQ's, or > whatever. So basically I'm looking for an inexpensive NIC that is *very* > FreeBSD compatible. heh, I pretty much want a no-brainer install. =D > > So the big question is: Which NIC do you guys recommend? > > Thanks, > > Joey Bear Garcia > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message