Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:58:21 -0200 From: "Nenhum_de_Nos" <matheus@eternamente.info> To: "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Understudy <list@understudy.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb network adapter Message-ID: <7bf2901a543868a97e970c81cf7a2f7a.squirrel@eternamente.info> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101132015590.7560@wonkity.com> References: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101132015590.7560@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, January 14, 2011 01:32, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote: > >> I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1. > > alc(4) works on 8-stable here. My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100 > interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable. Manually setting media > type makes it work. > >> So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I >> was >> looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and works >> easily >> with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for ones that have >> been >> used and not caused you to many headaches. > > A Belkin F5D5050 has been occasionally useful to me. It's slow, I > wouldn't really trust it long-term, and wouldn't have it if it hadn't > been on clearout for like $2 years back. Better than nothing, > certainly. I have this adapter, and if the other end is fast ethernet, it is stable up to some point and no more. running in gigabit mode the link keeps up-and-down. no good to work. I talked to yongari@ for some time, and he helped a lot on achieving some stability :) matheus -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
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