From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 12:31:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0443B37B404 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (mta05-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D389743F75 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 12:31:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.199]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com ESMTP <20030609193136.HQPC16933.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@fishballoon.org>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:31:36 +0100 Received: from tuatara.fishballoon.org (dhcp-254.fishballoon.org [192.168.1.254]) by fishballoon.org (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h59JUs4o061313; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:30:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott@tuatara.fishballoon.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by tuatara.fishballoon.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h59JUrQ9041734; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:30:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 20:30:53 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: "J. Seth Henry" Message-ID: <20030609193053.GB30603@tuatara.fishballoon.org> References: <20030609121942.H1730@alexandria.gambrl01.md.comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030609121942.H1730@alexandria.gambrl01.md.comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reliable USB NIC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 19:31:43 -0000 On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 12:24:24PM -0400, J. Seth Henry wrote: > I have had very good luck with the Linksys USB100TX adapters. I have four > of them supporting small X terminals, and they have turned out to be more > reliable than the terminals (they crash for reasons unrelated to their > network connections). They also have decent performance for a USB 1.x > device. I'm glad you said this, since I just picked one of these up on ebay. I'd managed to borrow a Belkin unit that also uses the aue driver, so the Linksys seemed like a reasonable bet, especially at under 10 pounds :-) > If your system has support for USB 2.0, Linksys does make a USB 2.0 > version of the adapter, but I don't have any experience with them. It will have USB 2.0 (VIA EPIA-M Mini-ITX board), but I don't think -STABLE has any 2.0 support yet, so it will be running in USB 1.1 compatibility mode for now. Not that driving my 512kbps cable connection will be particularly taxing for it in either mode... Thanks for the info, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon