Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:12:30 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> To: Victor Rotanov <vitjok@fasts.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cheap and good network cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970124110843.7144A-100000@harlie> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970124205002.00691b18@fasts.com>
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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997, Victor Rotanov wrote: > Hi. > > Dont know if this question belongs here, but anyway... > > What cheap and good 10mbit network cards exist that will work both under > freebsd and win95? > > Things like surecom do not work on all systems and 3com is too expensive... My favorite 10mbit ISA card are the SMC's. CompUSA has the EtherEZ for $100, so you should be able to find it for less. If that doesn't count as cheap, then look for a decent NE2000 clone. It will eat more CPU time, and i get better transfer rates out of the SMCs (though not by much). We use $35 clones from just about any source. The biggest difference I've found is that while almost all are software-setup only now, some will only let you set up the first card it finds. Others will list all cards and let you choose which one to use.
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