From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 9 13:37:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtppop3pub.verizon.net (smtppop3pub.gte.net [206.46.170.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A0937B422 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:37:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Received: from gte.net (evrtwa1-ar4-4-34-145-186.dsl.gtei.net [4.34.145.186]) by smtppop3pub.verizon.net with ESMTP ; id PAA133314025 Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:33:38 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from res03db2@localhost) by gte.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA27034; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:39:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:39:01 -0700 From: Robert Clark To: Gunther Schadow Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who's got the cheapest 100-BT Ethernet NIC? Message-ID: <20010409133901.A27019@darkstar.gte.net> References: <3AD21AE1.F715330E@aurora.regenstrief.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <3AD21AE1.F715330E@aurora.regenstrief.org>; from gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org on Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 08:26:09PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The Intel PILA8460B (Pro 10/100B) goes for 36$ US locally. Its three times the price of the 12$ Realtek card, but I argue that their worth the extra upfront cost. On a slightly related note, is anyone working on a driver for the PILA8460C3 that uses its hardware crypto? I was supprised to see them going for 39$ US. [RC] On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 08:26:09PM +0000, Gunther Schadow wrote: > Hi, > > I know the Ethernet cards for 20 bucks are available from Hawking or > Kingston or what those brand names are. But I don't know whether they > work well with FreeBSD and the notes in the LINT kernel are not > exhaustive on these cheap OEM and whatever products. Please everyone > who believes he's got one 100-BT PCI card for below $50 working well, > I would appreciate hearing which card it is, which driver you use. > Also if you have had problems with cheap cards please let me know too. > > Thanks much! > -Gunther > > > -- > Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow@regenstrief.org > Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care > Adjunct Assistent Professor Indiana University School of Medicine > tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message