From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 2 15:54:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA21120 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:54:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA21115 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:54:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00566; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:50:51 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199809021550.PAA00566@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Marc Slemko cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI: NetGear FA310TX Rev D In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 02 Sep 1998 15:47:24 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 15:50:51 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > > 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. How much is your time worth? Consider the SMC EtherPower II PCI cards as a possible alternative then, or just hunt another Tulip-based card. Hopefully we'll see support for the MX Tulip clones out of Matt soon, which will open the market a little. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message