From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 6 7:35:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from solaris.matti.ee (solaris.matti.ee [194.126.98.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 447DD15569 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 07:35:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vallo@matti.ee) Received: from myhakas.matti.ee (myhakas.matti.ee [194.126.114.87]) by solaris.matti.ee (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA22862; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:34:21 +0300 (EET DST) Received: by myhakas.matti.ee (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CCB32C6; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:34:32 +0300 (EEST) Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:34:32 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste To: Shawn Ramsey Cc: Andriss , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Please comments about SMC 9432TX [Was: Re: 100mbit full-duplex capable card] Message-ID: <19990806173432.B17450@myhakas.matti.ee> Reply-To: vallo@matti.ee References: <007101bedecc$ad3c56e0$f957d8c0@cpl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <007101bedecc$ad3c56e0$f957d8c0@cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 03:57:06PM -0700 Organization: =?iso-8859-1?Q?AS_Matti_B=FCrootehnika?= Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 03:57:06PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > Can someone recommend me a good 100mb full-duplex capable > > ethernet card? > > > > I was thinking of either the fxp0 driver for the Intel etherexpress > > (or whatever it was called) or the xl0 driver for 3Com's 905btx. > > Go for the Intel EtherExpress 10/100 PCI card(s). They are great cards, and > work great under FreeBSD. How about SMC 9432TX "EtherPower II" cards? I have seen messages from Jason R. Thorpe in the NetBSD lists that this card is superior and performs better than the Intel EtherExpress 10/100. Well this can be because of superior driver for this card. I'm asking because I can get them and the price is lower than Intel ones. Thoughts ? -- Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message