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Subject: Re: 100 mbps fiber card for FreeBSD 6?
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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