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Subject: Gigabit NIC recommendation
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What is a good Gb nic for these criterion :
* FBSD 4.11 now, 5.X later
* prefer 64 bit, 32 bit slots all full. Is there any other advantage
to 64 bit? e.g. speed? system load?
* I would like not to spend a king's ransom :)
* RJ-45 (Cisco 29XX w/ RJ-45 GBIC)
If it helps, this is the motherboard :
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tigermpx.html

TIA