From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 17 21:38:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.ufl.edu (sp28fe.nerdc.ufl.edu [128.227.128.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7D837B971 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:38:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from saxonww@ufl.edu) Received: from n44-230.dhnet.ufl.edu (gremlin@[128.227.44.230]) by smtp.ufl.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/2.2.1) with ESMTP id AAA58550; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:38:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:38:39 -0500 (EST) From: Will Saxon X-Sender: gremlin@localhost To: Mikhail Teterin Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: good network card (xl0 packet dropping) In-Reply-To: <200002180530.AAA04558@rtfm.newton> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Really, if you want a great netowrk card, there are only a couple of options. I prefer Intel por/100 cards, I have 3 82557 based ones (pro/100B) that work great; the newest 82559 based cards (pro/100+ management) go for like $40 and are very very good. I think 3Com has some new cards that may raise the bar again, but given your problems with them you may want to try something else. FWIW I have two linksys LNE-100TX cards that "work." Havent epxerienced drops or anything bad but then again, they arent under heavy use either. Really if you can afford it you should look at the Intel ones. -Will On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Jeffrey J. Mountin once stated: > > =Frankly I can't see anyone using a 3Com considering all the problems > =that crop up on the lists, but then I've been happy with Intel NIC > =since the Pro100B came out. ;) > > Ok, so what about those cards that are based on the Digital's > chipset(s)? > > -mi > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message