From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Tue Jan 2 20:44:02 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFF40EB878B; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:44:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC50872689; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from segfault-nmh-helo.tristatelogic.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 083683AEF2; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 12:38:20 -0800 (PST) From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Recommendations for cheap PCI-E network adapter ? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:38:19 -0800 Message-ID: <14197.1514925499@segfault.tristatelogic.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:44:02 -0000 I need to buy a PCI-E ethernet card. It won't really matter if it is 10/100/1000 or just 10/100 but it has to work with FreeBSD at a minimum. It would be Nice if it was also supported by Linux and Windoze7, but that isn't really critical. I'm a serious cheapskate, so I'd like to spend as little as possible. I don't need anything super-deluxe. Whatever is cheapest will be fine, even if the performance is only so-so. Recommendations would be appreciated. P.S. The small amount of research I just now did suggests that Realtek based cards should be avoided, but one reviewer said that the Rosewill RC-411v3 works just fine on Ubuntu, so I'm not sure what to think about Realtek-based cards now. The price is right (for me) on the Rosewill RC-411v3, but various online threads (relating to Realtek chips) give me pause... https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/60033/ https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/55861/ I really can't see blowing fifty bucks on a simple, low-end ethernet card, but everything inexpensive seems to be Realtek-based. :-(