From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 08:20:12 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 A8CA110656CB for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:20:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA6D8FC18 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:20:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnemmi@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so431280ywe.13 for ; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:20:11 -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=EniTjF+oj6+RN8Gvx322GGLGZ1Yfvu8bNpEdrCYTnr0=; b=A5TKAOZbZsJCE1/l40jPOdpB0jxmMAA2OtoLcTo8I3SOvtPH8zi9CSqqdsC0qOUsGH Z28A5irlfisVcAruu2wIr172c+NhngSYVSavRejJaQXyhKl+/6+wrikus1KM3zg5njDy 7Vyb/AThOntsz52Me2oS+sJbtBFGEYdABZr7c= 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=TA4ua5NRQE+eiC4i+5wel+d6KzAn8ouuCJFTtKglfryngvDj1DgcC2AEhl27J2hsrr 3sg5UD6PPmM51JU8FIklmcffF39UFQ587cc90Rq4ETGlK6j5cNzj10+8tKXZ0ent3zgp o7KsvZke+Qiod5itRgFc+RibXOh8Wr3U2uW1Q= Received: by 10.151.111.15 with SMTP id o15mr2793067ybm.7.1217578811503; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 200-117-245-190.fibertel.com.ar ( [190.245.117.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm1357241ywn.0.2008.08.01.01.20.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:20:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Gonzalo Nemmi To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 05:20:05 -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: <200808010520.05910.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 08:20:12 -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. Robert, sorry to bother, but is this one ok? http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/adapters/pro1000gt/pro1000gt-overview.htm I can get it in here for us$20 each. http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-38975340-placa-de-red-intel-101001000-pro1000-gt-desktop-adapter-_JM If you give me a tumb up, I'll be buying a few tomorrow :) Thanks -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi