Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:47:36 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: Greg Mars <authentec@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset Message-ID: <47939748.5080601@math.arizona.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org> References: <47928642.2090707@gmail.com> <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Greg Mars wrote: > >> I'm buying parts for a computer and want to make sure that the core >> components are as freebsd friendly as possible. So far, I've decided >> on a core 2 quad q6600 and I'm choosing the motherboard now. > > Me2 (unless I wait for a newer generation of CPUs). > >> However it seems many of the popular motherboards have Realtek ALC888 >> as built-in audio and Realtek 8111B as built-in LAN. >> I read at: >> That audio didn't work with 6.2 Release and that LAN controller is very problematic. You are better of getting PCI/LAN on the garage sale. I like DLink and they go for $1 in U. S. and will solve your second problem as well. >> http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/i386/article.html >> >> that the sound should work but I couldn't find any info on the LAN. >> Does anyone on the list have any experience with it? >> >> By the way, I'm going to run FreeBSD 7. > > I also want a cheap PCI/e NIC that works well with drivers back to > FreeBSD-4 like my plain PCI bge and em NICs do. I doubt that any > popular motherboard will have anything better than a cheap PCI/e NIC. > > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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