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Date:      Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:47:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FYI: NetGear FA310TX Rev D 
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9809021542160.14728-100000@redfish>
In-Reply-To: <199809021539.PAA00479@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Mike Smith wrote:

> > On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Mark Tinguely wrote:
> > 
> > > FYI (since we reccommend the NetGear card as a good 10/100 ethernet
> > > card, I thought everyone will want to know).
> > > 
> > > we got a pack of NetGear FA310TX Rev D1 ethernet cards, and the chipset
> > > no longer reads DEC DC21040, but have a NetGear NGMC169B number. Netgearr
> > > FA310TX revision D1 board is no longer recognized by FreeBSD.
> > 
> > Darn it.
> > 
> > I'm looking for a good cheap PCI 10/100 card that works with FreeBSD.
> 
> Intel EtherExpress Pro/100+.

They aren't cheap in my books.  They are like $80 (retail at a cheap
place) as opposed to $30 for the NetGear or Linksys.

I normally put Pro/100s into servers because they and their driver are
cool, but don't think it makes sense to needlessly waste money for
desktops.


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