Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:41:15 -0400 From: "Dale E. Chulhan" <dchulhan@uwi.tt> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Best NIC / Best CDR-CDRW Message-ID: <38FCAC4B.1B007400@uwi.tt>
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Hello I'm opening my self for suggestions on recommendations for the following for use on my bsd machine: 1) a cdr/cdrw 2) a NIC Can you also indicate the lowest release that supports your recommendation if possible. The following is a brief exchange between me and a counter part, what is your suggestion? He said: ======== forget the expenive rubbish 3Com makes- they don't work well under windows and barely works under linux... your best bet is the the generic NE2000 cards, you kno the cheap ones for $125.00 (TT) you get the full 10MB per second out of them- also you can get a cheap 8 port hub for about $400.00 (TT) I countered: ============ 1) Get Intel / 3Com if money's no objective "They're just as bad as cisco routers" 2) Get either Realtek or DEC Tulip 3) Avoid the VIA Rhine chipset as they crumble under heavy loads 4) what about the NE2000 based cards? They're cheap, and they work. Good enough for me :-) NE2K's are turd plain and simple dinosaurs from the ISA stone age they work, that's all -- 8""8""8 8"""" 8""""8 8 8 8 eeeee e e 8 eeeee eeeee eeeeeee 8 8 eeeee e eeee 8e 8 8 8 8 8 8 8eeee 8 8 8 88 8 8 8 8e 8 8 8 8 8 88 8 8 8eee8 8e 8e 88 8eee8e 8 8 8e 8 8 88 8 8eee8 8e 8eee 88 8 8 88 8 88 88 88 88 8 8 8 88 8 8 88 8 88 8 88 88 88 8 8 88 8 88 88eee 88 88 8 8eee8 88 8 8 88eee8 88 8 88eee 88ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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