From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 19 14:04:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA13670 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:04:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA13662 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:04:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id OAA00653; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:04:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:04:02 -0800 (PST) From: rick hamell cc: Tony Li , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Current Ethernet recommendations? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > What's the current best recommendation for a commonly available (i.e., on > > the shelf at Fry's) 10/100 NIC? > > > > I've taken the list from the release notes to Fry's but recognized nothing > > in common between the list and the stuff on the shelves. Buying computer parts from Fry's is a tad bit risky in my opinion. They have poor quality and static control procedures. But, I would highly recommend a Kingston network card over 3Com or Intel. I think the quality is comparable to Intel, but much cheaper, usually by $30-$40 Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message