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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

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