Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 06:40:44 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Dan Ellard <ellard@eecs.harvard.edu> Cc: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gigabit NIC of choice? Message-ID: <3D7DF65C.75666AA8@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0209100926510.72029-100000@bowser.eecs.harvard.edu>
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Dan Ellard wrote: > Terry Lambert wrote: > > Dan Ellard wrote: > > > What's the gigabit ethernet NIC of choice these days? (I've had good > > > experiences with the NetGear G620T, but apparently this card is no > > > longer being sold.) > > > > The Tigon II has the best performances, but that's because > > software people rewrote the firmware, instead of hardware > > engineers moonlighting as programmers. 8-) 8-). > > Is anyone still making cards with the Tigon II chipset? > I'm not finding them for sale anywhere... See Ken's post. You will basically have to buy them from stock from someone who has them on a shelf somewhere, or you will have to sign NDA and recreate the firmware work on another card. The Tigon III's are *significantly* cheaper, and don't have the firmware-download-each-time-the-IP-changes that the Tigon II driver has, so most people have switches to the Tigon III. I guess the next question is "Anyone know a gigabit NIC that is currently in production, which has hack-friendly firmware?"... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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