From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 13 04:45:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE5EA16A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 04:45:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shadow.wixb.com (shadow.wixb.com [65.43.82.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064FA43D2D for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 04:45:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Received: from dakota.wixb.com (shadow.wixb.com [10.43.82.173]) i3DBjAcN000816 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 06:45:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.2.20040413064259.024303d0@localhost> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 06:46:04 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "J.D. Bronson" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Antivirus: Scanned by F-Prot Antivirus 4.4.1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 Subject: NIC suggestion (BC or INTEL) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:45:12 -0000 I have the opportunity to use one of 2 NICs.. (1) Broadcom NetXtreme 5703 (1) Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Since they are both fully supported under 5.2.1, I was wondering if anyone has any opinion (and why) either card would be a better choice. The rest of all the routers/switches are all Cisco. Thanks in advance! -JDB