From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 21 19:28:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA10447 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 19:28:32 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA10424 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 19:25:19 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA26143; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 12:12:13 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509220242.MAA26143@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Need recommendation of ethernet card To: wraith@hollywood.cinenet.net (Robert Gorichanaz) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 12:12:13 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199509212043.UAA10531@hollywood.cinenet.net> from "Robert Gorichanaz" at Sep 21, 95 01:43:52 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1212 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Gorichanaz stands accused of saying: > I'm setting up a FreeBSD box to act as a gateway and I need a > recommendation on which make/model of ethernet card to use. > > I have 1 box at home that has a NE2100 card in it and it works > like a charm, but I cannot seem to locate any of those in > the catalogs/stores nearby. > > So, if someone out there could give me a recommendation on > a "popular", "available", solid and supported ethernet card > for ISA or PCI bus I'd really appreciate it and may buy ya > a beer if yer in town. I'm using a Compex card here, based on the DEC PCI ethernet chip. Really rips along. FTP to an AlphaStation (which uses the same chip) runs at over 1000K/sec. (Amusingly, ping -f to the DEC results in the odd dropped packet or two, but the other way around nothing is lost 8) > -bob -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[