From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 16:15:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BDA9106566C for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:15:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheus@eternamente.info) Received: from phoenix.eternamente.info (phoenix.eternamente.info [109.169.62.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B2B98FC08 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by phoenix.eternamente.info (Postfix, from userid 80) id D3BD61CC3E; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:58:21 -0300 (BRT) Received: from 187.115.182.224 (SquirrelMail authenticated user matheus) by eternamente.info with HTTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:58:21 -0200 Message-ID: <7bf2901a543868a97e970c81cf7a2f7a.squirrel@eternamente.info> In-Reply-To: References: <4D2FAAA0.5050209@understudy.net> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:58:21 -0200 From: "Nenhum_de_Nos" To: "Warren Block" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Understudy , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb network adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:15:53 -0000 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