From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Tue Jan 2 21:01:35 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@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 88404EB950E; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 21:01:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x234.google.com (mail-it0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E95573532; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 21:01:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x234.google.com with SMTP id o130so12201562itg.0; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:01:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=QGEEwWUENb/jcTsusFIS0Bil8uPU4lYc0otMLf7MHlI=; b=AxhUY8cBAAxcHfMMFFdaLzooGLrOmkWKmcPZ4S5Mth5loB6PyxkA8xRcsisTapjtWo nXeQzyiUYn1Z0/hm474ng1U9afsJ1brP3wUJZegrR86V6cbBuotTKXkbCPtvwsQZ9+ni 7pTLYf0Xft7wn8+fkgvqSnaypsQvKIKrVTJ4IMuYif2ihxDB8m4K7TvlZmE79WGeKcT9 i9dN8zOCQkbk0chWfsQusiE2ga0dKaUpCRO8q3UWg7BOTd6Ps7Fo7OViPGlIhR5K+tEw 1btQ58vy4YbEqyj5ylNnrotZ1eeL2VVZckNVvInWJp9le9p8ap+5DeyoeV+tAxV/gmDs 33pg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=QGEEwWUENb/jcTsusFIS0Bil8uPU4lYc0otMLf7MHlI=; b=X09tqnKR/5JNxFrOc7M/WXh9bLgqVL9Rxv3nb6RZl/Rhg885B4bVFYa0OYsFjj+3gl ghNt/8ZRTUPKVFysxwTBczjsl2tDpJs8gDVYKgwpm68LENCWIxHB2BtSHGbWMq/vFp1V jhiNKcx+JYf95go/6wchnZA+aa54Pqwy/53Lu+8Q7PYRxUqnzAbmaK9xM5Ip6pKOP9+T qdskcgRMEqDAv5rAzr0k6U6LdR3jM6HUvAW1ZMjbyj/8xZ5rmN9ITQPWOP0HmbbE+dRg QfEvb9iH7ywPos0lHBVZBkS598E6q9XGShNlM/vvg+5MlPG4mXJ81LWazQhuredxP33o fs0Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJ/i3Rk8mC0TycXzJraFinljlTTcrOAXnpsBaffD8QV8TfIAkag YLuDhtrMAqgYASt1OVe1kqgelniTZKGJ3goH93c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotbpIAibF/7Noaq8o6rxr9S5ghqK6LOL97VeQnQ2hGpNW/hl73HQFTVMzPNq1S7csCLmbahSOol79PIexJJK7Y= X-Received: by 10.36.225.136 with SMTP id n130mr7662210ith.146.1514926894596; Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:01:34 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.180.34 with HTTP; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:01:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <14197.1514925499@segfault.tristatelogic.com> References: <14197.1514925499@segfault.tristatelogic.com> From: Adam Vande More Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:01:34 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Recommendations for cheap PCI-E network adapter ? To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-net Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:01:35 -0000 On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > 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. :-( > > You can get an new but older Intel PCI-E from the big retailer in the sky for ~$20USD. -- Adam