Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:40:06 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> To: kyr <kkyriak@ee.duth.gr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: good nic for server??? 3com 3C2000-T driver support in freebsd 5.4 ???? Message-ID: <43A2D1C6.2070209@wmptl.com> In-Reply-To: <43A22A68.7020300@ee.duth.gr> References: <43A22A68.7020300@ee.duth.gr>
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kyr wrote: > I want to ask if 3com 3C2000-T network adapter is suported by freebsd > 5.4 (i know that it is suported by release 6 but our server has 5.4). > Anyway does anybody have any suggestion for a good network card for a > server? > We DON"T need gigabit but if it worth the money ... ok > > thanks > Kyriakos > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > As someone as already replied: HANDS-DOWN, best 100mbit card I've ever used (regardless of O/S) and best supported by various O/S's for that matter is the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 cards, specifically the older Pro 100/B's if you can get them - used to buy them in bulk lots on ebay for like $5-$10 / each, retail/new they run about $45/each but are worth every cent. Stability and performance from these cards are rock solid. They make use of the fxp driver, and a few versions back (quite a few actually) FreeBSD moved over from an fxp driver that ran 'standalone', to a newer fxp driver which now requires the mIIbus driver too - I don't know what ramifications if any this has had on performance - but as far as the hardware goes I still trust these cards explicitly. Not know the differences in the code well enough to tell you what/why and can't even remember when that changed actually... but I've been using these intel boards and the fxp driver on FreeBSD since 2.2.1-release without a single hitch, including used boards from ebay ;) lol - come to think of it, still have a couple little 486 running 2.2.x branch around here with these intel cards in them :) - for what it's worth, they're still running (uh, not anything critical mind you, the rest of the machine/software's fairly dated for that). I have however had horrible experiences with d-link, nvidia, admtek, and various realtek chipsets on 'generic' cheap cards... bottom line, you generally pay for what you get - and if you want solid 100mbps performance, you can bank on Intel net cards. I don't know about 3Com, some cards I've had great luck with, others a pain in the ass... specifically the 3C905 series, rev 'A' was ok, 'C' too - but if ya had a revision 'B' - watch out kinda thing... gave up on using 3Com cards way back because of that - wait till you know the product's solid and complete before you release it, re-releasing stuff or fixing it after you sold it is a micrsoft thing, not something I'd expect from my hardware manufacturer. Just my two cents, but hope it helps. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/
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