From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 02:04:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F12F106567E for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:04:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D421C8FC17 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:04:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so669381wfg.7 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:04:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=hlbojuecnXMoURnUKyqrmY7z1r8MH15+Tr9/MD+uoXo=; b=WnTf9EyOPsxm9WmoYQXEMvogbbWcqlAE9h/yoO6v6PCdBze37IuTxiIONeWqBlpHbY AMkLwGEO1keyBwf0Q00d0l2fLzTWReUr6Pcy2o4jYopTCLEzaYV5AgbtCmjXlTkM2VYK aBDcPnJBaQSLSYi4PrP9r11+xcaF2171KQQyU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=ZyX8UZ3TUemkwxYLR536LzZMudnNrYxvJBkpajsaPV8tJoPBFveOQOWAq/Jzz+xv8L Q3qWVv0/p566VNrbZpqnCoQVjVO3QWrn1u7bCXkSSj0I4H6xx3Ax69GmXdCvOaeR0FZp rKwbwps7CwerVv7NcyakAbXRTt+TDELqG+WRg= Received: by 10.142.154.20 with SMTP id b20mr3522506wfe.59.1217556268654; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:04:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.200.19 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:04:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <64c038660807311904l45537647v5330c9a499882393@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:04:28 -0600 From: Modulok To: "David Christensen" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:04:30 -0000 > I have a FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE i386 computer, category 5E cabling, and a > Netgear GS108 Gigabit switch. The machine currently hosts CVS, and I plan > to add FTP and mirroring eventually. > > I would like to add a PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) to the > computer and was wondering what cards other people are using and how they > liked them. Any comments and/or recommendations would be appreciated. Intel PWLA8391GTBLK, available on newegg for under $25 (USD). I've been running two of these on a FreeBSD 6 machine for about a year now, with zero problems. The use the em(4) driver, written by Intel. On a side note, I did have problems with the Netgear GS108 line of switches, where they would completely lock up at random intervals when daisy chained together. (This was not caused by the Intel network cards.) When not connected to one-another they seem to be stable, as I still two of these with no problems. Best of luck. -Modulok-