From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 01:58:54 2007 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 A476816A41A for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B43913C45B for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:58:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so489975rvb for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:58:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=tqS2z1Z+QMHm8SXPqhzRwtxDkd969DEnjG9dY9CBU/Hf8yCi1wNO6JC7K+tOulo4pFbzM+kYEbnaclCQgdN0VnjC514Mfc6Ti+I4xWa/kAA3oX/GreXT9wZPqG0b7/KdPGIXwTc1EWkNihy1ZND4h4lOIEflyL+LTW19JZQzxho= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Qj5CpxJy+JystS3WFCf3Ghc1/Xgqn2a4Uq52tzDY7ASEIuwDf2iq632bB2yYeTJb3JgW3P61RT96dw1jOTYU2q6cBMhKPwU+LpjHIsqIh/57cKA3WPMVJaVNue+GUrPWdMOlmE6iDnIGPY0nlIQMGK/p9YT1tV/5G0p0qJhQMbM= Received: by 10.141.51.15 with SMTP id d15mr1178732rvk.1187920734156; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:58:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.170.12 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:58:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <64c038660708231858v5ece9680j7ce2ff2232af89ff@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:58:54 -0600 From: Modulok To: "Wojciech Puchar" In-Reply-To: <20070823205956.P25814@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070823205956.P25814@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCIe gigabit network card 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, 24 Aug 2007 01:58:54 -0000 On 8/23/07, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > i have to buy one, but i don't want to buy crappy/unsuported one. > > what chipset/manufacturer i should look at. > > they are for 20-40$ here, may brands many chips. please help. I second the previous suggestion. I just deployed a machine to act as a router, it's been up routing traffic 24/7 for the last week on two intel/pro network cards without any problems yet. The drivers these cards use, em(4), was written by Intel, so the cards are fully supported without any crippled functionality. Newegg has a few based on this chipset for about $30. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106121&Tpk=PWLA8391GTBLK -Modulok-