From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 03:10:33 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 97563106567D for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 03:10:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A3EB8FC0A for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 03:10:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so403422ywe.13 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:10:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=egiA/pP9o4NyrHHh1/3MpYeQM4XSe4j+b5cz5G+WZuQ=; b=llnSR7gR13yatUWvOPZeVqB94+Rf7EmjnWoVyq+MI1h7ORZbCvO3aHef3dH0hrAmrm WVu0Bz7UEXfqHrF/dz7CQYnrOiUTMyUa+WlTN51cC/TE5glWb6C87gaJx8qJTcnq3GUA S7Z+dfRF5GhrEhR8YmyQFnmTEKQR5h4+E1oWo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=vurKhHmiV0nj+xHavBSbKhZiEhQB36o7Z0u2nH4VBK3xQICiFJUL5yspUPFfPrSMJq QD6u9xajMwn4+x6Niw7SFz8Lxs6WPlBbPEHEveyzcDwY4OyvfN9y0AsMObPDXHXulnDS Pa/tneRzVYWf5o2Q6mJxnk+tbh7iGoaG8v2fw= Received: by 10.151.111.15 with SMTP id o15mr2362842ybm.7.1217560232394; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:10:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 200-117-245-190.fibertel.com.ar ( [190.245.117.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm974362ywf.2.2008.07.31.20.10.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:10:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Gonzalo Nemmi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:10:28 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <18578.31748.337951.8423@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <18578.31748.337951.8423@jerusalem.litteratus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808010010.28280.gnemmi@gmail.com> 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 03:10:33 -0000 On Thursday 31 July 2008 23:59:16 Robert Huff wrote: > David Christensen writes: > > 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. > > Realtek-based cards were mentioned; they seem to do well under > light to moderate loads, but not so well when the going gets tough. > Intel-based cards, on the other hand, have a superior track > record; probably doesn't hurt the driver is maintained by Intel. I > replaced an re() card with a Pro/1000 dual port, and watched errors > drop from ~1% to _0_ in 11 days of moderate to heavy usage. Thanks for that info Robert ! Will take it into consideration next time I buy a NIC :) You just probably turned me into Pro/1000 ;) -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi