From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jul 9 06:27:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA13322 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 06:27:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ccsales.ccsales.com (ccsales.ccsales.com [207.137.172.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA13317 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 06:27:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from randyk@ccsales.com) Received: from ntrkcasa (b242.ecom.net [207.13.225.242]) by ccsales.ccsales.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id GAA29571; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 06:27:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980709062331.00a3bb60@ccsales.com> X-Sender: randyk@ccsales.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 06:23:31 -0700 To: Mike Smith , Joe McGuckin From: "Randy A. Katz" Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 Server vs. client adapter Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199807090659.XAA00347@antipodes.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, Had to jump in on this one...these Intel EtherExpress Pro 100's have been flawless for me. The regular NE2000 compatibles have had their troubles here. I have not run into an Intel card that: 1. Didn't work. 2. Failed later. The cost of the adapters: NE2000 (regular) $14-16 Intel EEPro 100 $58-62 ...so the cost is 4 times as high...but well worth it. At 11:59 PM 7/8/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> >> I believe the server adaptor has an I960 on board. > >Yes, it's a completely different animal. It's also about twenty times >more expensive, IIRC. > >-- >\\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith >\\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au >\\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message