From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 5 16:25:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E950716A401 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 16:25:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cepheid.org) Received: from mail.cepheid.org (wintermute.cepheid.org [64.92.165.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF0313C457 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 16:25:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@cepheid.org) Received: by mail.cepheid.org (Postfix, from userid 1006) id 33993170EC; Sat, 5 May 2007 11:25:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 11:25:52 -0500 From: Erik To: Richard Tector Message-ID: <20070505162552.GA73611@idoru.cepheid.org> Mail-Followup-To: Erik , Richard Tector , freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <20070504164937.GA37699@idoru.cepheid.org> <463B717C.40305@thekeelecentre.com> <2a41acea0705041146m1af756fpeede38c7e01985b@mail.gmail.com> <463B8572.90800@thekeelecentre.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <463B8572.90800@thekeelecentre.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 100 mbps fiber card for FreeBSD 6? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 16:25:53 -0000 On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 08:11:46PM +0100, Richard Tector wrote: > Erik, > A quick google suggests that the Allied Telesyn 100baseFX cards are > supported by the pcn driver. Not sure if that is of any use to you. A > look on the UK eBay lists 3 currently for sale at about £5. > > We've got maybe 20-25 of the Allied Telesyn 100baseFX->TX media > converters round the buildings. Never had any trouble in years of use. > It's a shame you've had issues. Would certainly simplify choosing a > suitable network card. I'll give that card a shot, thanks for the suggestion! I agree that using media converters would simplify the choice of NICs, but out past experience with them (I don't know the manufacturer offhand) makes me a little hesitant to go that route. Erik