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From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>
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Subject: Re: ip_divert blues (was natd blues)
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In-Reply-To: <02e401c0e888$24866e40$0a01a8c0@den2>; from juha@saarinen.org on Wed, May 30, 2001 at 09:41:39AM +1200
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On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 09:41:39AM +1200, Juha Saarinen wrote:
> ::    You are right!  Realtek cards are really bad nics...  I changed it
> for a 3com and the 
> :: problem is gone.
> 
> Hmmm... I wouldn't say that 3Com NICs are the best choices for FreeBSD.
> See the archives for further details. Intel EtherExpress seems to be the
> safest bet.

There has been a lot of debate on the Intel cards lately as well. Don't
recall the details. I, for one, am quite happy with the 3Com 3c905-TX.
Apart from PR: kern/27722 that is ;-)

Wilko

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