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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:50:21 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        freebsd@celestial.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: RealTek Nic Chip
Message-ID:  <3F747C5D.7010501@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030926165210.GA42837@alexis.mi.celestial.com>
References:  <5.0.0.25.2.20030925150515.024443b0@mail.ucla.edu> <5.0.0.25.2.20030925150515.024443b0@mail.ucla.edu> <5.0.0.25.2.20030926090033.024539e0@mail.ucla.edu> <20030926165210.GA42837@alexis.mi.celestial.com>

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Bill Campbell wrote:
[ ... ]
> As a paper weight, yes, as a NIC no.
> 
> I can't speak to these on FreeBSD, but they have a horrible reputation in
> the Linux world, and I gave up on them quite a while ago (as I did non-DEC
> Tulip cards).

Agreed.  I just had my third (out of three) Asante FastEthernet 10/100 cards 
with a PNIC-II die, and my primary response is simple relief at the notion of 
putting an fxp in...  :-)

-- 
-Chuck





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