From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Dec 13 18:58:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA17065 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:58:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shadow.spel.com (elevator.cablenet-va.com [208.206.84.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA17059 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:58:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mturpin@shadow.spel.com) Received: from localhost (mturpin@localhost) by shadow.spel.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA12996; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:02:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:02:52 -0500 (EST) From: Mark turpin Reply-To: Mark turpin To: Brett Glass cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards? In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981213163548.06cd3450@mail.lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > I'm looking for some good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards which are > supported by drivers included with FreeBSD. Unfortunately, the ones listed > in the "Readme" are "name brands" -- and are going for $80-100 instead of > the $20 that most people seem to be paying for Ethernet NICs for WinDoze. > For example, the Netgear FA310TX is priced in the mid-$20's and comes from > a reputable company, but I can't tell if it will work. > > Does anyone have a handle on a good, inexpensive brand that's known to be > compatible? I'll need a few 32-bit PCI units and one or two for ISA, so I'm > interested in recommendations for both. > RealTek 8139 based card. They are 10/100Mbps PCI, work with FreeBSD (rl0 driver), and you can get them for $15-$20. I have about 20 of them. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Turpin | Consulting - Training - Network Installation Systems Engineer | Main Street Technology Centre | http://www.MainStreetTech.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message