Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:16:33 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Justin C Sherrill" <justin@shiningsilence.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "Gavin Kenny" <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: RE: Recommend a NIC Message-ID: <001001c10eec$9be918e0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <01071710452601.00402@roc-24-169-96-227.rochester.rr.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Justin C > Sherrill > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:45 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Cc: Gavin Kenny > Subject: Re: Recommend a NIC > > > On Tuesday 17 July 2001 07:18, you wrote: > > > My boss has said I can buy some new NIC's. So what > > does everyone suggest? > > Other than the occasional glitch, there's very little difference between > Ethernet cards by manufacturer. Find a cheap one (or 10, in your > case), make > sure it's supported, and you will probably be OK. > > The difference between, say, a 3Com card and a generic card with > a RealTek > chipset is only the price. My workplace (cable ISP) installs/supplies > several hundred Ethernet cards each week to new customers, and > the average > results have borne this out. You DIDN'T just say that... DID you?!? *falls over laughing* The difference between a 3Com and a RealTek is only the price? *shakes his head and makes a note not to get a cable modem...* 3Com NICs have some problems under FreeBSD, from what I've gathered on the various lists. RealTeks aren't even worth bothering with if you're planning on having a useful system. The consensus seems to be that you can't go wrong with an Intel NIC. While I personally don't have or use any Intel NICs, I do use SMC and have never had a problem with one. Hey, Justin, thanks for the laugh... --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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