From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 9 10:48:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB0437B401; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.trigger.net (ns.trigger.net [204.50.18.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD4143E54; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:48:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikej@trigger.net) Received: from mike (wettoast.org [204.50.18.204]) by mail.trigger.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A0F9F30912; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:47:50 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike Jakubik" To: "Ken Gunderson" , Cc: Subject: RE: intel etherexpress pro and fxp status?? Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:47:55 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20020709102153.A14126@kasilof.boi.hp.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If you are looking for stability, compatibility and speed all in one, I would go with a 3com card. My personal favorite is the 3c905c. I have never had any problems with this card. However, I have gone thought a number of fxp cards and motherboards with onboard chipsets. Some would cause problems, some would work ok, you wont know for sure until your try. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ken Gunderson > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 12:22 PM > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: intel etherexpress pro and fxp status?? > > > Greets All: > > during the 4.6rc era i recall there were issues with intel ether > pro and fxp drivers, particularly with smp boxes. Searching > pr's i note there are numerous open issues as well. in the past > the fbsd nic mantra has always been "intel ether express". Is > such still the case with the 82559 based nics (e.g. pila 8460), > or should I be looking elsewhere? Note that one of my boxes is a > dual pii 450 on a bx board. > > > Please cc, as I am no longer subscribed to the list (thanks to > the phb's) > > > -- > > Regards, > > Ken Gunderson (non-HP) > HP-UX Systems Administrator > HP NAOD Front-line System Management > Boise Server Support Team > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message