Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 12:18:27 -0700 From: Eli Dart <dart@es.net> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 100 mbps fiber card for FreeBSD 6? Message-ID: <463B8703.10208@es.net> In-Reply-To: <463B8572.90800@thekeelecentre.com> References: <20070504164937.GA37699@idoru.cepheid.org> <463B717C.40305@thekeelecentre.com> <2a41acea0705041146m1af756fpeede38c7e01985b@mail.gmail.com> <463B8572.90800@thekeelecentre.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Tector wrote: [snip] > > Erik, > A quick google suggests that the Allied Telesyn 100baseFX cards are > supported by the pcn driver. Not sure if that is of any use to you. A > look on the UK eBay lists 3 currently for sale at about £5. > > We've got maybe 20-25 of the Allied Telesyn 100baseFX->TX media > converters round the buildings. Never had any trouble in years of use. > It's a shame you've had issues. Would certainly simplify choosing a > suitable network card. All media converters are certainly not created equal :) We've had good luck with Allied Telesyn 100base fiber to copper converters, but YMMV. I understand that there are times when FastE over fiber is necessary for some reason - in networking one must be a pragmatist :) That said, I try to avoid media converters wherever possible. Sometimes it is not possible. --eli - -- Eli Dart Office: (510) 486-5629 ESnet Network Engineering Group Fax: (510) 486-6712 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory PGP Key fingerprint = C970 F8D3 CFDD 8FFF 5486 343A 2D31 4478 5F82 B2B3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGO4cDLTFEeF+CsrMRAsxIAJ9JI4MiHN9jkztMUi0MpVI8PBRBsQCfSlZR TWaVIYGFb774mkuS4B2gMIo= =p92M -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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