Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 13:07:08 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendation... Message-ID: <200109012007.NAA24833@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Sep 2001 10:39:48 EDT." <ABENJKDFOLCKBPLGACFDIEGDDDAA.pahowes@fair-ware.com>
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pahowes@fair-ware.com wrote:
> I plan to upgrade my home network shortly. I am currently using an 8-port,
> 10 Mbps 3Com hub and 3C509B Ethernet cards. What I have been looking at is
> the 8-port, Netgear FS108 10/100 switch ($70), and their FA311 10/100
> network cards ($20/ea.)
They're good, as long as you don't try to use their PCI cards on an
ASUS A7M266 (Athlon) motherboard (and possibly other Athlon 760-based
motherboards???). The FA31x won't work on the A7M266. For more info,
see the ASUS motherboard newsgroup (sorry, I've forgotten the exact
name).
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Darryl Okahata
darrylo@soco.agilent.com
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