Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 08:31:20 -0600 (CST) From: Avalon Books <avalon@advicom.net> To: austin wood <awood@fault.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet PCI Card Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811210826560.9985-100000@vespucci.advicom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981120154804.6969C-100000@seg.fault.net>
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On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, austin wood wrote: > I want to set up freebsd box as a gateway for the rest of my computers > (actually, I already have, but I sold most of the server). My new > motherboard doesn't have many ISA slots, so I need a new Ethernet > Card. Does anyone have any recommendations for a quality PCI ethernet > card that works well with freebsd? > > Thanks > AW > I use Kingston KNE-40BT cards exclusively. They're cheap, they're warrantied forever, and they run like scalded dogs on my 10BaseT switch (which costs only a fraction of this 100BaseT stuff). They are DEC-21041 based cards, but despite what you might have heard about the 'de' driver under FreeBSD, I have had over a year of completely flawless operations with them, doing pretty much anything and everything I want them to. They're worth looking into... --Rick Pelletier Sys Admin, House Galiagante We are a Micro$oft-free site! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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