Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:55:25 +0530 From: Subhro Kar <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: Oliver Hansen <oliver.hansen@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good FreeBSD Supported Gigabit Ethernet Card? Message-ID: <46EA2955.5050802@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46EA192E.7030807@gmail.com> References: <46EA192E.7030807@gmail.com>
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Oliver Hansen wrote: > I'm looking to eventually upgrade my home network to all gigabit so I'm > going to start by purchasing a few NICs for some old servers I just > received. I know there are quite a few supported by FreeBSD6 which I > found ( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET > ) but I'm wondering if there is any real benefit in buying a $40 or $50 > NIC like the Netgear GA311 or just get a $20 NIC like the D-Link > DFE-530TX+. The use will probably be a firewall, proxy, file server, and > DVR. > <http://www.EagleBit.com/Netgear_GA311_Gigabit_PCI_Card_p/eb-400-00357.htm>; > No offence meant, but why would you like to upgrade a "home" network to Gbit? Is it required at all? Subhro _________________________________ / Life is difficult because it is \ \ non-linear. / --------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (xx)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ U ||----w | || ||
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