Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 16:00:22 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NIC Message-ID: <20090504210022.GA83256@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <18943.20628.234092.793988@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <49FF4622.2020703@webrz.net> <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9015E435D@www.fcimail.org> <18943.20628.234092.793988@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 04:31:16PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > Conversely, cards based on RealTek chips have a reputation of > being both inexpensive /and/ cheap. (This may or may not be true of > the wireless cards.) The first generation of RealTek chips were little more than a shift register and deserved a poor reputation for requiring a lot of CPU resources. That got RT into market share and now have satisfactory product. > The drivers for the Intel cards are written by Intel; I've got > a dual-port Pro/1000 GT, and the thing is a _rock_. Ditto. Intel NICs are exceptionally well supported. If one must run Windows, an Intel NIC and Intel driver provide a lot of features which are otherwise missing. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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