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Date:      Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:11:14 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIC
Message-ID:  <20010628111114.E7843@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <001201c0ffed$ad2e5240$0e00000a@tomcat>; from hornback@wireco.net on Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:16:24PM -0400
References:  <00bdf2255111c61TVCABO05@netcabo.pt> <001201c0ffed$ad2e5240$0e00000a@tomcat>

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:16:24PM -0400, Andrew C. Hornback wrote:
> If you're looking for a good PCI NIC that enjoys wonderful support in
> FreeBSD, I would recommend my favorite weapon of choice... the SMC 9432TX.
> These cards can be had for little to nothing these days and offer wonderf=
ul
> support (their driver in FreeBSD is tx, if that tells you anything).

The autoneg function sucks on these cards.  It's even a known problem
under Windows.  I often have problems with the one in my docking station
when it's first powered up.

-- Brooks

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