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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.voicenet.com!news From: 900RR (900RR) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendations? (was: Re: Linux network code vs. FreeBSD) Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 06:03:59 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <49u32u$npt@news.voicenet.com> References: <492rq6$r6g@uriah.heep.sax.de> <49k85b$q51@vanbc.wimsey.com> <49jqhr$ili@uriah.heep.sax.de> <49n0ma$38v@hudson.lm.com> <49o2k9$4fi@kadath.zeitgeist.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly50.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Peter Seibel <seibel@mojones.com> wrote: >In article <49n0ma$38v@hudson.lm.com> Peter Berger, peterb@psc.edu writes: >>Agreed. The 3c509 is one of the best ISA ethernet cards available, >>and shines under BSDI. I have one in my FreeBSD box, but haven't hooked >>it up to a LAN yet :-}. >>What he probably meant to say was "FreeBSD's 3c509 driver is buggy." >>(according to the release notes) >So given that, can anyone recommend an ethernet card to go in the Pentium I'm >about to buy and use as a web server, running FreeBSD. >-Peter well, the 16-bit 3c509 is not the best choice. A 32bit PCI card is MUCH, MUCH better. These days, the price difference is not much, and can run the 100Mbps speed when you're ready to move up. Stay away from ISA cards for SCSI/ethernet subsystems in ANY server-class machine. Regardless of the OS. You want 32bit busmastering PCI cards. Hope there are drivers for FreeBSD.