Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 10:40:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> Cc: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>, Marcel Prisi <marcel-lists@virtua.ch>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What NIC to choose ? Message-ID: <200111061840.fA6Iea201264@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Nov 2001 11:59:53 EST." <20011106114853.C42904-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
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> Indeed that would be unfair. Here is one particular model that I have
> found to suck. =)
>
> Ethernet controller: LiteOn LNE100TX (rev 32).
...
> >My experience with the Linksys LNE100TX 4.1 (ADMtek chipset)
> >has been nothing but positive, despite the fact that it is
> >a tulip clone. Which were the exact types of cards that you
> >had fail?
>
> Exactly the same card. You may have had positive experiences with 'em,
> but I have seen too many keel over dead.
Actually, those are two totally different cards; they just happen to have
the same product name.
The key difference is the MAC; LiteOn vs. ADMtek.
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