Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 21:05:16 -0700 From: Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com> To: M a t a d o r <bullfighter@home.com> Cc: nat <nat@unixlover.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: NE2000 ISA.. IO address(how can i find it!) Message-ID: <11878.991128@v-wave.com> In-Reply-To: <3841ED5A.A9D6C0AC@home.com> References: <3841ED5A.A9D6C0AC@home.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 on 11/28/1999 8:04 PM, bullfighter@home.com wrote: > Why don't you get a *shudder* "REAL" Ethernet card. Kingston KT_100 has > a Dec 21140 Chipset ; that is what I am using, it works very nicely. > Also, I recommend 3com. I payed over CDN$100 for my card and it is/was > well worth it !! 3Com's aren't worth the money they cost. I replaced all my 3Com 905B-TX's with Linksys LNE100-TX v2.0 PNIC II cards, they cost me $38CDN wholesale and run better then the 3Coms I had. 3Com used to be the top card to have way back when, but now they're simply relying on name moreso then actual hardware benefit. But yes, you're right. Don't bother with NE2000 type clones because they are crap. I realize not everyone has the kind of money to spend on a "top of the line" network card, but if you do a little research you can easily walk away with a very decent card at a significantly lesser price then say a 3Com or Intel card. You'll also notice that in the source for say the Realtek cards (if_rl.c) you'll notice the maintainer/author of the driver doesn't have alot of nice things to say about the card :) At any rate, you get what you pay for, and it pays to research. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBOEH7fHkOgeFubyAgEQKMYgCfaI6zreWJEywO42hoTe7qBMoC64cAoIph zJidWWTrUajqoHdDudRaAP8p =Vdfo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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