Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 11:56:27 -0500 (CDT) From: BWS - Offwhite <brennan@offwhite.net> To: pstapley <pstapley@rapidnet.com> Cc: "Conover, Justin" <JConov01@sprintspectrum.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301152260.44358-100000@home.offwhite.net> In-Reply-To: <008901c012a0$bf65efd0$f5f055ce@rapidnet.com>
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If you are looking for a NIC card you can go with either 3Com or NetGear. 3Com has generally been more expensive, but it seems to be the tried and true brand. Recently the hardware guy here convinced me to use the NetGear cards for a new server and it worked just as well as a 3Com card, but the price was far less, like $20 from $70. Apparently all NetGear cards use the Tulip chipset which is supported by FreeBSD with the "de" device. If you have the source for FreeBSD on your machine, try this command. grep Tulip /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT It will show you the device you need and the comment with Tulip noted. I have always used 3Com but I think I am going to look more seriously at NetGear. When both brands are just as good I am going to go with price. Any other hardware recommendations? Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, pstapley wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-hw.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Conover, Justin" <JConov01@sprintspectrum.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:35 AM > Subject: NIC cards > > > > Can you send me a list of all the supported (recognized) Network adapter > > cards that > > can be used with FreeBSD? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Justin Conover MCSE, MCP + I > > Information Technology > > Internal Support Help Desk - Support Analyst > > 1-800-808-1058 > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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