From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 13:37:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335F516A468 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:37:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (filter2-tmobile.zx.nl [194.187.76.139]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE82513C465 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD0D31C72EE; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:37:46 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zx.nl Received: from filter2-tmobile.zx.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (filter2.zx.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10127) with ESMTP id ACOYBPPw7xXM; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:37:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [91.141.136.99]) by filter2-tmobile.zx.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:37:38 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47934EC5.4010509@student.utwente.nl> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:38:13 +0000 From: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Evans References: <47928642.2090707@gmail.com> <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:37:50 -0000 Bruce Evans wrote: > I also want a cheap PCI/e NIC that works well with drivers back to > FreeBSD-4 like my plain PCI bge and em NICs do. I doubt that any > popular motherboard will have anything better than a cheap PCI/e NIC. Finding a modern main board of which the builtin NIC works with 4.X seems like a tall order to me, perhaps it would be easier to install a seperate NIC. With some luck you might be able to pick up a decent used NIC from a discarded Pentium(2) or something. I've been using a 3Com 3c509 combo card for years. In 3.X the driver was still buggy, but it worked great with 4.X, particularly the later ones, say, 4.5 onwards. Alphons -- VISTA - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware