From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 4 21:00:27 2009 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 330EF106566B for ; Mon, 4 May 2009 21:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF12A8FC0C for ; Mon, 4 May 2009 21:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 22473 invoked by uid 0); 4 May 2009 21:00:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (75.76.211.79) by smtp1.knology.net with SMTP; 4 May 2009 21:00:25 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id 0E77F28434; Mon, 4 May 2009 16:00:22 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:00:22 -0500 From: David Kelly To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20090504210022.GA83256@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <49FF4622.2020703@webrz.net> <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E435D@www.fcimail.org> <18943.20628.234092.793988@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18943.20628.234092.793988@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 21:00:27 -0000 On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 04:31:16PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > Conversely, cards based on RealTek chips have a reputation of > being both inexpensive /and/ cheap. (This may or may not be true of > the wireless cards.) The first generation of RealTek chips were little more than a shift register and deserved a poor reputation for requiring a lot of CPU resources. That got RT into market share and now have satisfactory product. > The drivers for the Intel cards are written by Intel; I've got > a dual-port Pro/1000 GT, and the thing is a _rock_. Ditto. Intel NICs are exceptionally well supported. If one must run Windows, an Intel NIC and Intel driver provide a lot of features which are otherwise missing. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.