From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 11 7:23:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from bilver.wjv.com (spdsl-033.wanlogistics.net [63.209.115.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC2137B416 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 07:23:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBBFN4T81758 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:23:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:23:04 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Router based on FreeBSD. Message-ID: <20011211102304.C81658@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: <20011211083420.A80896@wjv.com> <3C161C1F.8080601@quake.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C161C1F.8080601@quake.com.au>; from kaltorak@quake.com.au on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:45:51AM +1100 Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 01:45:51AM +1100, Kal Torak thus spoke: > Bill Vermillion wrote: > > >>Personally I'd switch all the cards out for Intel, but that is my > >>preference - and I can't say it would help at all. > > I prefer them too. However I wonder just what model numbers > > the above 3com cards are. Model number might have a bearing on > > this. > Hes using a 3com 3300 XM switch, so its probably best to stick > withe the 3com cards as well... Things made by the same company > usualy work best together :) That may be true in some areas but shouldn't be true in TCP/IP and/or ethernet functions. I've run so many different routers, switches, etc that most probalby weren't being made by the same. I was more wondering about the cards and the rev's on the cards as some models don't works as well as other models from the same company. The first iNTEL NIC's were a bit weird for some OSes and the B model was the one to get. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message