Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:10:58 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mark turpin <mturpin@shadow.spel.com>, jt&mn <jtorranc@televar.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good, cheap 100BaseT Ethernet cards? Message-ID: <199812150210.SAA01689@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Dec 1998 11:44:13 MST." <4.1.19981214114218.06ce3d90@mail.lariat.org>
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> At 01:32 PM 12/14/98 -0500, Mark turpin wrote: > > > I got them at a local computer show(www.marketpro.com). Look at > >www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/RealTek/ for a list of boards based on this > >chipset. I've been getting them at a local computer show > >(www.marketpro.com). I know cables n' mor has them for $34, but I've > >been getting them for about $19. I would suggest looking on pricewatch or > >shopper.com for the best price. > > I've found the GENIUS board cheap at warehouse.com. BTW, is the driver > shipping with FreeBSD 2.2.8? Or do I need to add it? Also, how much > overhead is there? Does the board use programmed I/O, DMA, or shared > memory? You need the driver at www.freebsd.org/~wpaul. The Realtek chip is about the most inefficient of all of the 100Mbps chips we (will) support. -- \\ 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
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