Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 11:46:17 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: "Richard Tector" <richardtector@thekeelecentre.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Erik <erik+freebsd@cepheid.org> Subject: Re: 100 mbps fiber card for FreeBSD 6? Message-ID: <2a41acea0705041146m1af756fpeede38c7e01985b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <463B717C.40305@thekeelecentre.com> References: <20070504164937.GA37699@idoru.cepheid.org> <463B717C.40305@thekeelecentre.com>
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On 5/4/07, Richard Tector <richardtector@thekeelecentre.com> wrote: > Erik wrote: > > Anyone have any good experiences with 100mbps fiber cards for FreeBSD? > > There don't seem to be many people trying to use this (admittedly > > slightly dated) technology. The 3CR990B-FX-97 from 3Com works with > > the txp driver (with a patch so that the card is recognized), however > > that driver itself is broken, even with copper cards. > > > > Can anyone recommend a card that will function well under FreeBSD? > > In my opinion you'd be better of getting a 100baseFX <-> 100baseTX media > converter and then a well supported 100/1000baseT card if the > application allows. > Alternatively, I've used the 100baseFX Intel cards in the past which use > the well looked after fxp driver. LOL, why would you want 100Mb fiber? If Intel sells such a thing I'm not aware of it. The cables would probably cost more than the NIC :) We sell lots of Gig fiber, modernize would be my recommendation. Cheers, Jack
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