Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:04:08 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> Cc: Edvaldo Silva <edv@americanadigital.com.br>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC for VLAN Message-ID: <20090107210408.GB71960@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <5f67a8c40901071132q4c5361ees1c9960c57f3ac221@mail.gmail.com> References: <5494.189.36.224.139.1231354907.squirrel@correio.americanadigital.com.br> <5f67a8c40901071132q4c5361ees1c9960c57f3ac221@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:32:03PM -0500, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > For 100 meg nics, I almost exclusively use Intel Etherexpress "fxp" > cards. I've used them for a long time in servers, but now they average > around $3 in quantity on eBay and I use them in everything. Also, > many off-lease PC's come with it on the motherboard. I second, or third, or Nth, recommend the Etherexpress Pro cards. Not only do they Just Simply Work(tm) in FreeBSD, if (heaven forbid) one has to do Windows the Intel-provided driver provides exceptional controls and features that the stock Windows driver does not, such as VLAN. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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