From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Dec 13 19:18:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA18782 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:18:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from quark.ChrisBowman.com (crbowman.erols.com [209.122.47.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA18777 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:18:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Received: from fermion (fermion [10.0.1.2]) by quark.ChrisBowman.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA15437; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:30:54 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from crb@ChrisBowman.com) Message-Id: <199812140330.WAA15437@quark.ChrisBowman.com> X-Sender: crb@quark X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:16:40 -0500 To: Brett Glass From: "Christopher R. Bowman" Subject: Re: Good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards? Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981213163548.06cd3450@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:40 PM 12/13/98 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >I'm looking for some good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards which are >supported by drivers included with FreeBSD. Unfortunately, the ones listed >in the "Readme" are "name brands" -- and are going for $80-100 instead of >the $20 that most people seem to be paying for Ethernet NICs for WinDoze. >For example, the Netgear FA310TX is priced in the mid-$20's and comes from >a reputable company, but I can't tell if it will work. > >Does anyone have a handle on a good, inexpensive brand that's known to be >compatible? I'll need a few 32-bit PCI units and one or two for ISA, so I'm >interested in recommendations for both. > >--Brett Well in between the two price you can get the Intel EtherExpress 100+ (Intel i82558 based) card which I really like for $45 at http://www.dynastyexpress.com -------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com http://www.ChrisBowman.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message