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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!eru.mt.luth.se!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.apfel.de!fu-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!centauri.hq.nasa.gov!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!usenet 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 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <7renfxfn6i.fsf@sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33765 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 -- Tim Singletary, August Automation Inc., (301) 286-8606