From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 29 17:38:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA19427 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:38:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.frihet.com (root@frihet.bayarea.net [205.219.92.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA19418 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:38:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.frihet.com (tweten@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.frihet.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA04523; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:37:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608300037.RAA04523@ns.frihet.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 Reply-To: "David E. Tweten" To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 3COM network cards.. Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:37:50 -0700 From: "David E. Tweten" Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com said: >And I answered your question you posed to me about the 9232DST, no I >do not recommend it, I don't have any experience with it. Actually, you didn't answer the question I asked. To quote my original message, tweten@ns.frihet.com said: >Does your PCI 10/100 recommendation mean you believe that the best >EISA 10/100 card for FreeBSD is its companion, the SMC9232DST? You'll note that I didn't ask if it was the best card without qualification. I asked if it was the best EISA adapter. Thanks for your responses anyway; your second effort provided me with some useful, if unexpected information. -- David E. Tweten | 2047-bit PGP Key fingerprint: | tweten@frihet.com 12141 Atrium Drive | E9 59 E7 5C 6B 88 B8 90 | tweten@and.com Saratoga, CA 95070-3162 | 65 30 2A A4 A0 BC 49 AE | (408) 446-4131