Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:24:42 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>, Victor Rotanov <vitjok@fasts.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cheap and good network cards Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970124132441.00742de0@Gatekeeper-3.Lamb.net>
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At 11:12 AM 1/24/97 -0800, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > > >On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Victor Rotanov wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Dont know if this question belongs here, but anyway... >> >> What cheap and good 10mbit network cards exist that will work both under >> freebsd and win95? >> >> Things like surecom do not work on all systems and 3com is too expensive... > >My favorite 10mbit ISA card are the SMC's. CompUSA has the EtherEZ for >$100, so you should be able to find it for less. > >If that doesn't count as cheap, then look for a decent NE2000 clone. It >will eat more CPU time, and i get better transfer rates out of the SMCs >(though not by much). We use $35 clones from just about any source. The >biggest difference I've found is that while almost all are software-setup >only now, some will only let you set up the first card it finds. Others >will list all cards and let you choose which one to use. Kingston has a PCI card based on the Dec 21040 (I think), which should work fine under WinSHit95 and FreeBSD. The price I have seen for it, were around $55 or less Ulf. ----------------------------------------------------------- Alameda Networks, Inc. | Ulf Zimmermann (ulf@Alameda.net) 1525 Pacific Avenue | Phone: (510)769-2936 Alameda, CA 94501 | Fax : (510)521-5073
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