Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:27:38 +0000 From: "Dave Cottlehuber" <dch@skunkwerks.at> To: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working around unsupported Ethernet card with PXE or UEFI? Message-ID: <54e4b1a8-bf10-4aa9-a7ff-6f381ce404de@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cmu-lmtpd-1905594-1561424721-3@sloti6d1t04> References: <20190621023301.CRCA7107.dnvrco-fep06.email.rr.com@dnvrco-cmimta20> <39143.1561086356@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <CACpH0Mekh-Mxb6Ns1y_sb-8pLeE%2BeYGTDtMceKQY3cXstCgE%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <cmu-lmtpd-683468-1561084421-1@sloti6d1t04> <b4eb4e91-d7cb-4112-8953-88dab1cee44e@www.fastmail.com> <cmu-lmtpd-1905594-1561424721-3@sloti6d1t04>
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On Tue, 25 Jun 2019, at 01:05, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > Hi Tom > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html > > > NDIS may do what you want but it may suck. > > > In terms of time vs effort a 15$ USB Ethernet dongle is going to be your best result. If this is a server consider getting a 2nd hand intel NIC. I can get a 4 port pci intel Gb for under 100$ years which is more than sufficient. > > Lower spec cards will be even cheaper. > > > There are references on the forums and mailing lists with ones that work for both USB and iNICs. > > > Dave > > NDIS is not dependable in my experience, and I have had instances of > the kernel failing to compile with NDIS. Not surprised to hear that. > How dependable are USB Ethernet dongles to work with FreeBSD? I got this one which I use for my laptop when normal FreeBSD wifi isn't sufficient "works for me": EU4306: https://www.edimax.com/edimax/merchandise/merchandise_detail/data/edimax/global/network_adapters_usb_adapters/eu-4306/ axge(4): https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=axge It's sufficient for doing make install over NFS and sending/receiving full zpool dumps, I can't speak for performance nor cpu usage but then you get what you pay for :-). I'm reasonably sure that you can't expect server-level performance out of this, and an intel PCI nic(like i350 or i210) is surely a better bet. A+ Dave
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