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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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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.

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