From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jul 5 23:22:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA10924 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:22:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles137.castles.com [208.214.165.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA10862 for ; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:22:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02931; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 23:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807060622.XAA02931@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Morgan Davis" cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best ethernet card for 2.2.6-RELEASE In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 05 Jul 1998 21:29:54 PDT." <000101bda896$b9873a90$24ae44c6@cts.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 23:22:28 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm interested in the opinions of those who frequent this list on what they > consider the best 10/100mbit PCI ethernet card for FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE. Intel EtherExpress Pro 100/B (aka 100+) > And, given that 2.2.7 is scheduled soon, would your recommendation still > apply, or does 2.2.7 open up support for newer cards (like the SMC > EtherPower II 10/100 which 2.2.6 does not recognize)? 2.2.7 supports the EtherPower II (the 'tx' driver), but it's not as wonderful a card as the Intel. -- \\ 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-stable" in the body of the message