From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 06:07:43 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 6F6B31065674 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 443678FC12 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 06:07:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C289F5C26; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:58:02 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <4892A49C.7080902@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:52:28 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gonzalo Nemmi References: <200807312304.11784.gnemmi@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200807312304.11784.gnemmi@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 06:07:43 -0000 Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > On Thursday 31 July 2008 22:19:21 David Christensen wrote: >> freebsd-questions: >> >> 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. > > re0 in here > > re0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x81361019 chip=0x813610ec rev=0x01 > hdr=0x00 > > "re -- RealTek 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8101E PCI/PCIe Ethernet adapter driver" > > Works like a charm. > No complains :) > Aloha, I have 12 of the Trendnet Branded Realteck 8169 nic cards in use here. No problems and good speed. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol