From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 13 21:33:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fbsd.bosa.ca (cr1003901-a.rct1.bc.wave.home.com [24.113.37.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5DF37B40A for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:33:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kulraj@bosa.ca) Received: from ska1 (h24-207-52-63.dlt.dccnet.com [24.207.52.63]) by fbsd.bosa.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id B124B158EB9; Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:43:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000d01c1247a$218d4140$0ac8a8c0@kimsamy.com> From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca Account)" To: "Andrew C. Hornback" , "Newton, Harry" , References: <00d801c12472$5c378a60$0e00000a@tomcat> Subject: Re: Network cards: 3com XL rumour ... Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:32:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bad news for you Andy..... The SMC 1244TX use Realtek chipsets :( Rgds, Kulraj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Newton, Harry" ; Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 8:36 PM Subject: RE: Network cards: 3com XL rumour ... > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Newton, Harry > > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 9:42 AM > > To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > > Subject: Network cards: 3com XL rumour ... > > > > I have just read on the OpenBSD faq that 3COM XL cards were not upto much: > > is this true ( i.e. what is the experience of folks out there ) and is it > > worth my changing to, say, an Intel Ether Express Pro. > > Hi Harry, > > Personally, I don't use 3Com hardware. Pre-3Com USRobotics hardware is > great (but it's generally restricted to modems only). That should say > something right off the bat. > > Secondly, replacing a 3Com with an Intel would be a good step up. > Consensus around here is that Intel NICs are probably the best you're going > to find. Personally, I have had a lot of success with SMC NICs, but I can't > bag on Intel too much anymore now that I have a server with an Intel built > into the motherboard. > > Whatever you do, do NOT replace a 3Com with a RealTek, unless you're really > sadistic. > > --- Andy > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message