From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 16 23:19:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA16309 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:19:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from root.com (root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA16304 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:19:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@root.com) Received: from root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA18623; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:20:19 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812170720.XAA18623@root.com> To: Brett Glass cc: mturpin@shadow.spel.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network adapters: Technical issues In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Dec 1998 21:16:14 MST." <4.1.19981216203941.063e26d0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981216203941.063e26d0@mail.lariat.org> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:20:19 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >However, I am still trying to decide what to put in the servers. In the >various catalogs I've searched, I see two adapters that use the Intel >chips, which are reputed to have low overhead. However, nothing adequately >describes the technical differences between them. I see an "Intel >EtherExpress Pro/100+ PCI" adapter (consistently the most aggressively >priced), an "Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 T4 PCI" card for about twice as >much, and an "Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter" priced somewhere in between. >What are the differences between these models? (I understand that DG wrote >the drivers for these.... David, can you offer some input?) I have zero time right now, but quickly: the Pro/100+ server adapter is not supported and probably never will be. I assume that the "T4" board is something that has a 100Base-T4 interface, which is incompatible with 100Base-TX; I don't know what chip it uses, but you probably don't want it in any case. Bottom line: only the cheap adapter is supported and it works better than anything else currently supported by FreeBSD. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message