From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 16 20:10:21 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id UAA13606 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 16 Feb 1995 20:10:21 -0800 Received: from gndrsh.aac.dev.com (gndrsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA13591 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 1995 20:10:18 -0800 Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by gndrsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id UAA10847; Thu, 16 Feb 1995 20:09:36 -0800 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199502170409.UAA10847@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: Speccing a FreeBSD box To: peter@nmti.com Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 20:09:36 -0800 (PST) Cc: muir@idiom.com, a09878@giant.mindlink.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9502161739.AA26627@sonic.nmti.com.nmti.com> from "peter@nmti.com" at Feb 16, 95 11:39:00 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 644 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Thanks for the information on the ASUS 486 motherboard and NCR 53c810 PCI > SCSI controller. What ethernet card would be preferred for FreeBSD 2.x in > this environment? Application is a server for backups, running Amanda to > Exabyte 8mm tape. Since that is a PCI motherboard, and it looks like your going to be doing lots of network backups I would suggest a PCI ethernet card based on the Digital 24010 chip, something like a Compex Enet32/PCI. last one I picked up was $114.00. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD