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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendations? (was: Re: Linux network code vs. FreeBSD) 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> Organization: Mordor International Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 13:34:26 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <DIyoDE.2ro@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 23 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. I'm using a 3C509 on a heavily hit web server (300-400k hits/day). It works very well. A few people told me that the release notes and the FAQ are dated with respect to the 3COM comment. It's rock solid. Regards, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451