Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:15:43 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Jay Borkenhagen <jayb@braeburn.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seeking recommendation: 1000Base-SX PCI NIC for FreeBSD 8 Message-ID: <20110216181543.GT66284@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <19803.61841.359853.307539@oz.mt.att.com> References: <19803.61841.359853.307539@oz.mt.att.com>
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Jay Borkenhagen wrote this message on Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:47 -0500: > After having been disappointed by one vendor *, I am returning to this > list to seek recommendations for 1000Base-SX PCI NICs. I am looking > to run them on FreeBSD 8 and beyond, and I need support for MTU > 1500 > bytes (initially around 4470, but possibly closer to 9k later). > > On http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.1R/hardware.html#ETHERNET I found > mention of several "SX" cards, but I have first-hand experience with > none of them. If anyone here can confirm jumbo support and current > retail availability of any such cards, I would be very appreciative. One option is to use an external media converter w/ a traditional gige NIC... I used one for a while when interfacing with a switch that did not have a copper gige port on it, only SX ports... I will admit I didn't try to run jumbo frames with the TrendNET one I had, but it work great for many years... searching for "1000base-sx media converter" should turn up plenty of results... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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