From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 14 17:25:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA15145 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:25:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (goldfish.pht.co.jp [210.171.55.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA15140 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:25:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01360; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:23:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812150123.RAA01360@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Kevin Day cc: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass), hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 13 Dec 1998 17:44:03 CST." <199812132344.RAA02348@home.dragondata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:23:18 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I'm looking for some good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards which are > > supported by drivers included with FreeBSD. Unfortunately, the ones listed > > in the "Readme" are "name brands" -- and are going for $80-100 instead of > > the $20 that most people seem to be paying for Ethernet NICs for WinDoze. > > For example, the Netgear FA310TX is priced in the mid-$20's and comes from > > a reputable company, but I can't tell if it will work. > > > The NetGear FA310TX works great in 2.2.x systems, but will occasionally > panic in 3.0 with a page fault in kernel mode. This was a bug in the 'de' driver, which I seem to recall having been fixed. -- \\ 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