From owner-freebsd-net Tue Aug 22 22: 1:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (obie.softweyr.com [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 565C437B422 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:01:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from softweyr.com (Foolstrustident!@dyn3.softweyr.com [204.68.178.227]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA18686; Tue, 22 Aug 2000 23:01:11 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <39A35C2E.7B71E722@softweyr.com> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 23:07:58 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.1-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hornback@wireco.net Cc: "'Phiber'" , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What NIC card to get? References: <007b01c00ba6$f6fc4b20$d4776bce@challenger> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Andrew C. Hornback" wrote: > > My standard recommendation for nearly any kind of networking gear... > > SMC. For PCI Cards, the 9432TX (EtherPower II) is a heck of a value. For > ISA, I prefer the 8216C. > > --- Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Phiber > > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 8:07 PM > > To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > Subject: What NIC card to get? > > > > Hi, I recently put freeBSD on an old p166 with 16 megs of > > ram. I am on a > > cable modem, and have a home network with two win 98 machines that run > > through the LinkSys Router. I want to add my BSD box, but I > > don't know what > > NIC card to get. Will someone give me some suggestions? LinkSys? If you're in the USA, what you really want is a $20-$25 PCI card. Look for one supported by the dc driver, as documented in the dc(4) man page. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message