From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 18:50:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACD016A419 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:50:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from smtp-gs.math.arizona.edu (math051.cs.arizona.edu [150.135.82.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165B513C448 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:50:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from punosevac@math.arizona.edu) Received: from Debian-exim by smtp-gs.math.arizona.edu with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JGfFi-0005Gj-QP for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:50:44 -0700 Received: from 71-220-164-236.tcsn.qwest.net ([71.220.164.236] helo=[192.168.2.101]) by smtp-gs.math.arizona.edu with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JGfFZ-0005GB-T9; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:50:34 -0700 Message-ID: <47939748.5080601@math.arizona.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:47:36 -0700 From: Predrag Punosevac User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Evans References: <47928642.2090707@gmail.com> <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20080120160405.E14916@delplex.bde.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Outgoing-Spam-Score: -3.9 (---) Cc: Greg Mars , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:50:45 -0000 Bruce Evans wrote: > On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Greg Mars wrote: > >> I'm buying parts for a computer and want to make sure that the core >> components are as freebsd friendly as possible. So far, I've decided >> on a core 2 quad q6600 and I'm choosing the motherboard now. > > Me2 (unless I wait for a newer generation of CPUs). > >> However it seems many of the popular motherboards have Realtek ALC888 >> as built-in audio and Realtek 8111B as built-in LAN. >> I read at: >> That audio didn't work with 6.2 Release and that LAN controller is very problematic. You are better of getting PCI/LAN on the garage sale. I like DLink and they go for $1 in U. S. and will solve your second problem as well. >> http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/i386/article.html >> >> that the sound should work but I couldn't find any info on the LAN. >> Does anyone on the list have any experience with it? >> >> By the way, I'm going to run FreeBSD 7. > > I also want a cheap PCI/e NIC that works well with drivers back to > FreeBSD-4 like my plain PCI bge and em NICs do. I doubt that any > popular motherboard will have anything better than a cheap PCI/e NIC. > > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"