Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:42:43 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: harverso@aztec.co.za Cc: sfinn@village.ios.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best Ethernet Card Message-ID: <199510111842.LAA13563@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <m0t2uMe-000KgFC@aztec.co.za> from "Tony Harverson" at Oct 11, 95 08:14:50 am
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> > I am looking for recommendations as to the best PCI 10Mb Ethernet adapter > > for use with FreeBSD. I am seeing things like the 3Com 509 driver is > > buggy, etc...So just what is the best as far as compatibility and > > performance? > > Well, I don't know why the driver was originally labelled buggy, But > I have hgad no problems with it. I am running a router with one of > these on each interface and getting very nice perfromance out of > them. Because on systems that don't issue a bus reset on system reset, the card isn't reset, and the probe only works on reset state cards. A cold boot every time will work, while on some boxes a warm boot is flakey. You (apparently) like me don't buy hardware that takes shortcuts. But many people do. 8-(. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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