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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:53:29 +0100 (CET)
From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>
To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc: Marcel Prisi <marcel-lists@virtua.ch>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: What NIC to choose ?
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Bill Moran wrote:

> I've used Intel Etherexpress cards in a number of FreeBSD
> installations (in fact, it's what I have in the machine I'm using now)
> with no problems. I have heard of the "on board" Etherexpress causing
> trouble, so it might be a good idea to avoid those. additionally, I've
> used all manner of 3com cards without problem.

At my site, where all computers share a 56k modem connection, I have been
using about the least expensive cards available, which are 10Base-T PCI
NE2000 clones based on the Realtek Chip. I have many of such cards in many
different computers and never had any problems with them under FreeBSD.

Additionally, I have used a gfew 3Com cards, and, as Bill has said, these
work fine. I even had an *original* NE2000 ISA card from Novell here (made
around 1991, I think) and it also works fine ;-)

Greetings
Nils

Nils Holland
Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany
http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org


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