From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 19:15:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA11335 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:15:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11318 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:15:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id VAA15883; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:14:59 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id VAA01653; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:14:59 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980225211459.16323@mcs.net> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:14:59 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Mike Smith Cc: dg@root.com, freebsd@isvara.net, FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card References: <19980225201118.40285@mcs.net> <199802260309.TAA22086@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199802260309.TAA22086@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 07:09:07PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 07:09:07PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > The SMC cards *ARE* DEC chipsets. > > The new ones aren't. You should get out more often. 8) Hmmm... well, then someone has old stock and that's a good thing :-) > (They haven't been for at least the last 6 months.) > > > Is there a difference between the PRO/100B and PRO/100+? > > The model number? Seriously, I believe the 100+ is a reduced > manufacturing cost, backwards-compatible version of the 100B. Thanks. I'll get a few of those in-house and try 'em. I'm assuming they do 10 and 100Mbps? I really HATE the idea of having to stock two boards, and we do use 10Mbps connections for a lot of stuff. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message