Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:51:02 +0200 From: David =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sieb=F6rger?= <drs@rucus.ru.ac.za> To: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions about Nics and Freebsd Message-ID: <20020814205102.GB31573@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020814154637.00961960@pop.netzero.net> References: <4.2.0.58.20020814154637.00961960@pop.netzero.net>
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On Wed 2002-08-14 (15:49), Lord Raiden wrote: > HI again all. Silly question. I've used almost exclusively 3com > nics in my equipment here and had almost zero troubles with them over the > long term. Problem is they're between 2 and 3 times as expensive as many > other nics out there. > > My questions are simple. > 1. Which nics work with freebsd and which don't? I've had bad experiences with a number of cards based on the RealTek 8139 (rl driver). From the comments in src/sys/pci/if_rl.c: * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC. ... I've had good experiences with Intel PRO/100 cards (fxp driver). YMMV. -- David Siebörger drs@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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