From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 13 18:13:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA07044 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:13:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from cia-g.com (mail@maslow.cia-g.com [206.206.162.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA07036 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:13:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by cia-g.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id TAA13845; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 19:13:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from maslow.cia-g.com(206.206.162.5) by maslow.cia-g.com via smap (V1.3) id sma013838; Thu Mar 13 19:13:01 1997 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 19:13:01 -0700 (MST) From: Joel Yancey To: Richard Hykel cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hykel@twisto.compaq.com Subject: Re: LinkSys LNE100TX In-Reply-To: <3327AFAB.487@nol.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Well, if You are Only connecting 2 systems, you wont see any real improvement in speed of your small network, since you'll NEVER use that much. 10 Mbit Cards Will Go fast enough for home use. -- At Work we use 10Mbit 10-Base-T Loops on a Dumb-Hub, And Run 80 People on the network right now. We Do experiance Slow down at Critical Times, But We Arent Too Slow to cause Problems. Hope this Helps, Joel yancey Python@cia-g.com On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Richard Hykel wrote: > I am planning to connect my two systems at home and > wondering what is my best choice in the $40 to $60 > (each) price range? > > I found that Computer discount Warehouse has a > LinkSys LNE100TX card for ~ $60 and wonder whether this > will work under FreeBSD 2.1.7 or 2.2 when released? > > If it is supported, is it at the 10Base-T or 100Base-TX speed? > > I know that I can pick up NE2000 clones for $30-$40 but I > am hoping to be able to use 100Base-T. > Or am I asking for too much? > > Suggestions, criticisms, etc. welcome. > Please copy & post. > > Richard Hykel > hykel@nol.net > hykel@twisto.compaq.com >