kyr wrote:
I want to ask if 3com 3C2000-T network adapter is suported by freebsd
5.4 (i know that it is suported by release 6 but our server has 5.4).
Anyway does anybody have any suggestion for a good network card for a
server?
We DON"T need gigabit but if it worth the money ... ok
thanks
Kyriakos
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As someone as already replied: HANDS-DOWN, best 100mbit card I've ever used
(regardless of O/S) and best supported by various O/S's for that matter is the
Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 cards, specifically the older Pro 100/B's if you can
get them - used to buy them in bulk lots on ebay for like $5-$10 / each,
retail/new they run about $45/each but are worth every cent.
Stability and performance from these cards are rock solid. They make use of the
fxp driver, and a few versions back (quite a few actually) FreeBSD moved over
from an fxp driver that ran 'standalone', to a newer fxp driver which now
requires the mIIbus driver too - I don't know what ramifications if any this has
had on performance - but as far as the hardware goes I still trust these cards
explicitly. Not know the differences in the code well enough to tell you
what/why and can't even remember when that changed actually... but I've been
using these intel boards and the fxp driver on FreeBSD since 2.2.1-release
without a single hitch, including used boards from ebay ;) lol - come to think
of it, still have a couple little 486 running 2.2.x branch around here with
these intel cards in them :) - for what it's worth, they're still running (uh,
not anything critical mind you, the rest of the machine/software's fairly dated
for that).
I have however had horrible experiences with d-link, nvidia, admtek, and various
realtek chipsets on 'generic' cheap cards... bottom line, you generally pay for
what you get - and if you want solid 100mbps performance, you can bank on Intel
net cards. I don't know about 3Com, some cards I've had great luck with, others
a pain in the ass... specifically the 3C905 series, rev 'A' was ok, 'C' too -
but if ya had a revision 'B' - watch out kinda thing... gave up on using 3Com
cards way back because of that - wait till you know the product's solid and
complete before you release it, re-releasing stuff or fixing it after you sold
it is a micrsoft thing, not something I'd expect from my hardware manufacturer.
Just my two cents, but hope it helps.
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