From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 7 11:44:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from seven.Alameda.net (seven.Alameda.net [64.81.63.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBDA437B43D for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:44:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by seven.Alameda.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7061F3A244; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:44:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:44:19 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Michael Sierchio Cc: "Michael R. Wayne" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What NIC to choose? Message-ID: <20011107114419.B76838@seven.alameda.net> Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <001f01c16795$58c7ed50$0200a8c0@beast> <20011107143054.J67008@staff.msen.com> <3BE98E62.4A8700FC@tenebras.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BE98E62.4A8700FC@tenebras.com>; from kudzu@tenebras.com on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 11:41:22AM -0800 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 11:41:22AM -0800, Michael Sierchio wrote: > "Michael R. Wayne" wrote: > > > We have had hardware issues with NetGear and some motherboards. > > When they work, they work. ... > > Without specific reference to particular problems, it's hard to evaluate > such statements. I've had no problems with the 10 FA310TX cards > I bought @ $15/per. Problems with PCMCIA cards are usually related to > the relatively poor card support in FreeBSD, but workaround drivers > and other code is usually available, ported from Linux. I bought a 5 pack of Netgear FA311TX, plugged them into Dell Optiplex GX110. 3 died after short usage. Card would show link, switch would not. No error messages from the OS side (FreeBSD). > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message