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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>
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Subject: Re: NIC
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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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