From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 2 15:49:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20524 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:49:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from redfish.go2net.com (redfish.go2net.com [207.178.55.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA20519 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:49:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcs@go2net.com) Received: from marcs by redfish.go2net.com with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zELgS-0007iD-00; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:47:24 -0700 Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:47:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Slemko X-Sender: marcs@redfish To: Mike Smith cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI: NetGear FA310TX Rev D In-Reply-To: <199809021539.PAA00479@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message