From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 3 18:59:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8111416A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:59:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com (imo-m27.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 065F443D5D for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:59:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from TM4526@aol.com) Received: from TM4526@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id n.67.36f236a0 (3310) for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:59:44 -0500 (EST) From: TM4526@aol.com Message-ID: <67.36f236a0.2eba84a0@aol.com> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 13:59:44 EST To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5114 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: Compatible NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:59:52 -0000 In a message dated 11/3/04 12:42:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, laszlof@vonostingroup.com writes: >1) Wasted my time and everyone elses who read this crap. >2) Tried to give certain freebsd developers a bad name.> >3) Discredited several others on the list. >4) Contributed NO facts or hard evidence to back your claims. I provided many facts, and since no one provided any opposition to my "facts", why do you categorically reject them? I can't come to any conclusion other than you don't understand the subject matter. Because if you did you wouldn't think I wasted anyone's time. The start of this thread: "I want to buy a NIC and I want it to be compatible with FreeBSD. Is RealTek 8139 compatible with FreeBsd ?" The answer: "Yes, it will work. The rl0 driver works fine. Be advised it's not the "greatest" NIC and you may drop packets under heavy load. I've never experienced packet loss, but I've read about it and others on the list have hinted at it before." Well lets see. If a driver drops packets, it doesn't "work fine", now does it? Not only is the "not the greatest NIC", its probably the worst, evidenced by the author's own comments. So I don't see what "facts" you are looking for.