From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 18 19: 8:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from modgud.nordicrecords.com (h21-168-107.nordicdms.com [207.21.168.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D76837B930 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:08:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from walton@onlinemusic.com) Received: (qmail 8769 invoked by alias); 19 Apr 2000 02:08:32 -0000 Message-ID: <20000419020832.8767.qmail@modgud.nordicrecords.com> Received: (qmail 8755 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2000 02:08:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO walton) (207.21.168.137) by mail.nordicdms.com with SMTP; 19 Apr 2000 02:08:32 -0000 From: "Dave Walton" To: Chris Dillon Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:05:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Best NIC / Best CDR-CDRW Reply-To: walton@onlinemusic.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Chris Dillon wrote: > > 1) Get Intel / 3Com if money's no objective "They're just as bad > > as cisco routers" > > The Intel EtherExpress PRO 10/100 family (anything based on > the 82558B or 82559) is probably the best 10/100 NIC you can > find for FreeBSD. I'm also using this card family with several > hundred Windows systems here, and have had zero trouble. I definitely agree with that, especially with regards to the 82558 cards. I've never had the tiniest problem with an 82558 NIC. However, I have recently encountered two potential problems with the 82559 cards that are worth mentioning: 1. Some models now include the boot ROM standard. I've had a few of them insist on attempting a network boot, even when configured for local boot. Intel has a utility that disables the ROM, solving the problem. 2. The 82559 cards are in some way more sensitive to interference, and as a result can be unreliable when used with a riser card. I've run into this with backplane systems, which are electrically similar to a riser card configuration. I've never had a single problem in a standard motherboard configuration. Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Walton Webmaster, Postmaster OnlineMusic.com walton@onlinemusic.com http://www.onlinemusic.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message