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From: tsingle@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Singletary)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: low-cost ethernet recomendations?
Date: 07 Jan 1997 11:46:29 -0500
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What's the best low-cost ethernet adapter for FreeBSD?
(That's a pretty wide open question :-)

I want to set up a small network, primarily so two computers can share
one PPP connection.  I might also use the
network to test firewalls, etc., but I don't foresee a need for `high
performance'.  I'll put at least three computers on the network.

Will any of the low cost ($30 or so) ethernet cards work with FreeBSD?
How bad is their performance?  

I assume 10Base-2 works out cheaper for a small enough network (is
this true?).  Still, I'd rather go with twisted-pair -- any
recomendations for low-cost 10Base-T hubs?  Anything I should hold my
nose and stay away from???

tim
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Tim Singletary, August Automation Inc., (301) 286-8606