From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 20 10:51:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA20790 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:51:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (Gatekeeper.Lamb.net [206.169.44.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA20784 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:51:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by Gatekeeper.Lamb.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA22620; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:50:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Ulf Zimmermann Message-Id: <199608201750.KAA22620@Gatekeeper.Lamb.net> Subject: Re: 3COM network cards.. To: brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com (Brandon Gillespie) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:50:13 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Brandon Gillespie at "Aug 20, 96 09:51:20 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I've seen some heat in regard to 3Com cards. Is this in regard to any > specific card, or all 3Com cards in general? I was under the impression > that 3Com cards were rather decent cards.. > > I'm looking to find a good card to use on a router with a CSU/DSU unit > (freeBSD router), any suggestions? Is the 3Com 590-COMBO? TPO? > > Thanks.. > > -Brandon Gillespie > I would go with a DEC based 21x4x card. Znyx and Cogent/Adaptec do 2 and 4 port cards. Starting with standard 10mbit/s up to 10/100MB/sec. Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 Lamb Art Internet Services || http://www.Lamb.net/