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In a message dated 05/31/2001 3:30:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
james@sg.freebsd.org writes:

>         The hardware compatibility list has some
>  to start with.
>  
>  Alteon Networks PCI Gigabit Ethernet NICs based on
>  the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2
>  chipsets, including the following:
>    3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and 2)
>    Alteon AceNIC 1000baseSX (Tigon 1 and 2)
>    Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT (Tigon 2)
>    DEC/Compaq EtherWORKS 1000
>    Farallon PN9000SX
>    NEC Gigabit Ethernet
>    Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2)
>    Netgear GA620T (Tigon 2, 1000baseT)
>    Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet
>  

so you are claiming that all of the cards are equal? Perhaps I didnt make it 
clear that i was looking for RECOMMENDATIONS from those that have actual 
experiece with the products.

Bryan

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