Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:53:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: jhoder@bu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network Card Message-ID: <200304171853.h3HIrdcO018318@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <1050602939.3e9eedbbba6dd@webmail1.bu.edu> from "jhoder@bu.edu" at Apr 17, 2003 02:08:59 PM
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> > i'm looking for some words of wisdom about pci ethernet adapters for my > freebsd > system. i'm running freebsd 4.7, an amd 750 duron on a msi k7t turbo > mainboard. > > from what i've read so far, it seems like cards with dec 21040 chips are > preferred by at least some users, and the realtek (at least cheaper) ones are > discouraged. i've also noticed that prices seem to vary greatly, and i'm > trying to stay away from the $20 range of cards in general. > > i'm currently using a hawking card with a realtek rtl8139c chip and i've had > some problems which include hanging on the boot process as well as problems > with a mac i'm networking via ethernet to this machine. i haven't fully > determined if these problems are specific to the ethernet card, but it seems > like that may be the case. > > so, could someone tell me: > > what's the big advantage of the dec 21040 chip? is it that the driver is > particularly well written? i settled on an smc etherpower 8432t card but > then started reading about some problems with other linuxes using this card. > then someone in tech support somewhere told me that they use intel cards > which seem to work great. > > can someone recommend a card (make and model) that they've had first hand > success with using freebsd? Probably all of them work fine. We have quite a few using 3COM etherlink (xl driver) and Intel Pro 100 (fxp driver) and have no problems. We haven't had any experience with realtek. > > are some freebsd drivers more reliable that others? still easily configured? Just include the drivers in the kernel and use the standard ifconfig commands in your rc.conf. ////jerry > > john >
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