From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Tue Jan 2 20:54:11 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BBEBEB8F9E for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:54:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0250272FC0 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:54:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9E420BEC for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:54:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from web3 ([10.202.2.213]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 02 Jan 2018 15:54:09 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=3mzMma 71uz+mcBC1BAubQDt/slYSpQHLOWNqxE8bIL0=; b=CN0cS15YjJfSj6ZFZ3uB+A +j7VTekfa4tHTGH5yRVvMJgEiIP2/QgClWly3pcSx/m3vgSuTWNiCunjK/BniScz L4qycL63KRngjrB7Z4X21u0zCBB9sp1m3+m4wPNhnP6HnBHtip7pu89oNT0x0uw1 uvx4as2ntkMyGsvK4nXcKux+6AfltUg0mhKBgU9zEANKpdPMSIbRa/t9brum4GwS 9y5ISTtjMB3vt9IBLMzJnu5brTWgSflsJXV1gKwe/6CyOfvEnWed7R7Xreq31yXs o718k2ya3hJiJHshmOv8778Uyh5/OI96Kaq3ukomlr/92GFZs8wpmJQOr3ocldCA == X-ME-Sender: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id E51C69E47D; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 15:54:08 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1514926448.2768889.1222156224.7C053A4B@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Josh Paetzel To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-cc9a457c Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:54:08 -0600 References: <14197.1514925499@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Subject: Re: Recommendations for cheap PCI-E network adapter ? In-Reply-To: <14197.1514925499@segfault.tristatelogic.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:54:11 -0000 On Tue, Jan 2, 2018, at 2:38 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > I need to buy a PCI-E ethernet card. It won't really matter if it > is 10/100/1000 or just 10/100 but it has to work with FreeBSD at a > minimum. It would be Nice if it was also supported by Linux and > Windoze7, but that isn't really critical. > > I'm a serious cheapskate, so I'd like to spend as little as possible. > I don't need anything super-deluxe. Whatever is cheapest will be fine, > even if the performance is only so-so. > > Recommendations would be appreciated. > > > P.S. The small amount of research I just now did suggests that Realtek > based cards should be avoided, but one reviewer said that the Rosewill > RC-411v3 works just fine on Ubuntu, so I'm not sure what to think about > Realtek-based cards now. The price is right (for me) on the Rosewill > RC-411v3, but various online threads (relating to Realtek chips) give > me pause... > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/60033/ > > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/55861/ > > I really can't see blowing fifty bucks on a simple, low-end ethernet card, > but everything inexpensive seems to be Realtek-based. :-( > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" https://www.neweggbusiness.com/product/product.aspx?item=9b-33-106-033 -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel