Network Cards Compatibility
Greetings, I would like to have a list of the free bsd compatible network cards . Is it compatible with realtek chipset drivers. That comes with most PC's? THx ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
FW: Network Cards Compatibility
Greetings, I would like to have a list of the free bsd compatible network cards . Is it compatible with realtek chipset drivers. That comes with most PC's? THx ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Network Cards Compatibility
Christian ROUSSEAU christ...@comphaiti.com writes: Greetings, I would like to have a list of the free bsd compatible network cards. You have my permission. *grin* See : http:/www.freebsd.org/releases/ Fint the O/S version you are interested in and select the 'Hardware Notes' link. Select the category of device you want to check, and peruse the devices namd there. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Network Cards Compatibility
On 17/05/2012 16:11, Christian ROUSSEAU wrote: I would like to have a list of the free bsd compatible network cards . Is it compatible with realtek chipset drivers. That comes with most PC's? Realtek cards generally use the re(4) driver: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=re Note that the list of different network cards in that page is not exhaustive: it's just some variants that are known to work. Most cards using one of the referenced chipsets should work. Note 2: work in the context of realtek chipsets means that they will work fine for personal usage levels. Don't expect realtek NICs to be able to drive your webserver continually pumping out several megabits per second. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Network Cards Compatibility
On Thu, 17 May 2012, Christian ROUSSEAU wrote: Greetings, I would like to have a list of the free bsd compatible network cards . Is it compatible with realtek chipset drivers. That comes with most PC's? Just guessing, you have to restrict yourself to a very limited selection? You would do better to post a list of the cards available to you and ask what will work. I have purchased many very inexpensive ($10) NICs and never had a compatibility problem with whatever was the latest FreeBSD version available at the time, although very expensive cards, and very new motherboard with embedded NICs have sometimes not worked. Also, if you are running an older version of FreeBSD you may have more difficulties. My cynical view is that the vendors of cheap cards don't bother to make modifications to the reference design, so they remain compatible. The official list of compatible NICs is sometimes difficult to reconcile with what is available in the local Micro-Center or Fry's, and I expect the situation is no better where you live. http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html#ETHERNET The Intel Pro/1000 is our current favorite card, but is $35. It supports PXE booting, which we do a lot. Daniel Feenberg NBER ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Network Cards Compatibility
I would like to have a list of the free bsd compatible network cards . Is it compatible with realtek chipset drivers. That comes with most PC's? i think making list of incompatible network cards would be far easier. since a very long time i just never checked as everything have a driver in FreeBSD. actually i only once seen card that FreeBSD had no driver. fortunately ndisgen tool solved it. Of course using ndisgen and windows driver in anything else than home toy isn't good, but it was exactly home toyputer. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
