From owner-freebsd-net Thu Nov 9 13:43:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (207-167-15-66.dsl.worldgate.ca [207.167.15.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4306B37B4CF for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:43:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orthanc.ab.ca (8.11.0/8.11.0.Beta3) with ESMTP id eA9Lh3N31248; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 14:43:03 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200011092143.eA9Lh3N31248@orthanc.ab.ca> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Canadian dealers for Alteon Gig-E NICs In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Nov 2000 13:57:34 MST." <20001109135734.A32915@panzer.kdm.org> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 14:43:03 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth D Merry writes: Kenneth> I would suggest getting the Netgear or 3Com boards Kenneth> instead. They're Alteon OEM boards, and are generally a Kenneth> fair bit cheaper than the price you'll get from Alteon. So I'm finding out. Kenneth> So if you want a Alteon board with a cat-5 interface, Kenneth> you'll probably have to go directly to Alteon. AFAIK, Kenneth> you can't buy Alteon-branded boards from anyone but Kenneth> Alteon. You'll have to call them up and talk to a Kenneth> salesperson. I did finally manage to find someone at Alteon who pointed me at a Canadian reseller. Dynavar in Calgary is saying things like CAN$1200+ for an Alteon SX card (512K). The 3C985B-SX (1MB), from the same supplier, is CAN$739. Go figure. --lyndon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message