Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:50:17 -0700 From: Oliver Hansen <oliver.hansen@gmail.com> To: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good FreeBSD Supported Gigabit Ethernet Card? Message-ID: <46EAF409.9040704@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46EA278B.50603@ibctech.ca> References: <46EA192E.7030807@gmail.com> <46EA278B.50603@ibctech.ca>
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Steve Bertrand wrote: > Oliver Hansen wrote: > >> I'm looking to eventually upgrade my home network to all gigabit so I'm >> going to start by purchasing a few NICs for some old servers I just >> received. I know there are quite a few supported by FreeBSD6 which I >> found ( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET >> ) but I'm wondering if there is any real benefit in buying a $40 or $50 >> NIC like the Netgear GA311 or just get a $20 NIC like the D-Link >> DFE-530TX+. The use will probably be a firewall, proxy, file server, and >> DVR. >> <http://www.EagleBit.com/Netgear_GA311_Gigabit_PCI_Card_p/eb-400-00357.htm>; >> > > I have a few Netgear GA311's in production, and although I haven't done > any benchmarking, I know that they work rock solid operating atop the re > driver in my backup infrastructure: > > backup# uname -a > FreeBSD backup 6.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Mon Mar 5 > 16:57:55 EST 2007 > > backup# ifconfig > re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > options=1b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING> > > .... I can't speak of D-Link however. Aside from the NIC's, I have found > some performance issues with NetGear GigE managed switches though, > whereas they seem to slowly loose throughput width after a few months > without a reboot. > > Steve > > Thank you for the info regarding reliability. That is my main concern along with price. The only thing I still wonder about is features such as Jumbo Frame, 802.1q, and other support. I gather that every device on the network needs to support these for them to work generally but are any of the features really worth it on a modest home network? -- Oliver Hansen http://www.oliverhansen.com
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