From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 7 10:44:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA04558 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:44:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04547 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:44:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00908; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:44:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807071744.KAA00908@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Glenn Johnson cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 Server vs. client adapter In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 Jul 1998 10:49:20 CDT." <199807071549.KAA16961@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 10:44:29 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I have convinced our network administrator to set up a FreeBSD server and I am > recommending that he install an Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 NIC. When I visited > the Intel web page, I saw that they have both Server adapter and Client > adapter versions of the board. Are any of the extra features of the Server > version usable under FreeBSD, or should we get the Client adapter version and > save money? Thanks in advance. You want the Pro 100/B or 100+, not the original 100. Paying more than about US$50 for either is too much. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message