Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:19:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: USB2.0 card recommendation Message-ID: <200709281619.l8SGJZF5090438@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Hi, I have an old Pentium-II mainboard with a Celeron processor, and I would like to backup the machine onto external HD. However, the old mainboard only supports USB1.0 which is too slow for that purpose. Therefore I'm looking for a PCI card to teach the machine how to speak USB2.0. Are there any brands that work particularly well with FreeBSD, or models that should be avoided? The card should work reliably and fast. At a shop here there is a card with a VIA chip that costs 5 EUR (~ 3.50 USD). That's suspiciously cheap. Would that card work well with FreeBSD? There's another one with an ALI chip on it, it is 8 EUR (~ 5.70 USD), with otherwise the same specs (4 ext. ports, 1 int. port). There are also more expensive cards which also feature firewire ports, also based on VIA or ALI chips. Any recommendations? Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd It's trivial to make fun of Microsoft products, but it takes a real man to make them work, and a God to make them do anything useful.
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