Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:32:57 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: NE2000 compat?? Message-ID: <003101c13115$39ed1ec0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <20010829222552.B39701@tao.thought.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gary Kline > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:26 AM > To: Andrew C. Hornback > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Re: NE2000 compat?? > > Thanks for the tips. I'll check on the SMC model. > When I checked the archives, tho, I saw only evil > comments about the SMC, --Maybe it was the ISA > flavor. Well, let's put it this way... every machine on my network has an SMC NIC (with the exception of my HP NetServer which has an Intel chipset on the motherboard). I've got PCI and ISA SMC NICs going, without a hitch. 8216C, while being a tired old warrior, performs admirably as a 10 Base T card. The 9432TX is a PCI one step below SMC's server series of cards. The 1211TX and the 1244TX are both, I believe, based on the RealTek chipset (another major caveat, RealTek-based NICs are good to avoid, of course, YMMV). > If nothing else, I'll go for the Intel card since > lots of people use it. Can't go wrong with it. SMCs do perform admirably as well. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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