Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

From: Steven Hartland (killing_at_multiplay.co.uk)
Date: 06/24/05

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    To: "Sten Spans" <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:40:02 +0100

    Yer know about the list but was looking for real usage experiences
    as I've tried supported cards before e.g. netgear and it just panics the
    machine with just ping :(

        Steve / K
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Sten Spans" <sten@blinkenlights.nl>

    > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Steven Hartland wrote:
    >
    >> Can anyone give me a Fibre Gig card recommendations PCI-X
    >> based that they have used in FreeBSD 5.4 machines preferably?
    >
    > Intel pro/1000 cards using the em(4) driver are most common,
    > these would be the safest bet. There might be better choices
    > out there, but these wouldn't have the amount of testing the
    > intel driver gets.
    >
    > man -k gigabit
    >
    > provides a reasonable list of drivers btw.
    >
    > --
    > Sten Spans
    >
    > "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
    > Leonard Cohen - Anthem
    >
    >

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