Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 00:10:58 -0500 (EST) From: Jacob Frelinger <jolly@gibbon.kungfumonkey.com> To: "Paul A. Howes" <pahowes@fair-ware.com> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: What NIC to choose ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0111072350070.14859-100000@gibbon.kungfumonkey.com> In-Reply-To: <001001c166ba$af90fef0$0200a8c0@beast>
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Paul A. Howes wrote: > Intel cards are the best supported in FreeBSD, but I found that in > general, they are not worth the high price they usually command. I'd have to say, that largely depends on what you are using them for. I've built bridging firewall boxes that burnt through cheaper nics like toilet tissue, but humm along nicely with Intel cards. Several of the cards people have been recommending in this thread, I've run into problems with under very high load (i know 3com's 3c905 cards have chipset problems with a combination of high load and collisions, and I've got a nice set of dlink cards that let all the magic smoke out). that being said, I still use those cards in workstation environments, and some moderate server work. It should also be noted the Linux source to the intel driver claims the chip was designed with alien technology, so intel may have an unfair advantage (and would explain the higher price too) -- Jacob "I'm Brainy For Zombie Pops" Frelinger Resident Psycho http://www.thecoffinclub.com Jolly at TheCoffinClub dot Com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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