Re: [pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice

2009-11-03 Thread Morgan Reed
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 21:44, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > I wasn't sure if rl was Realtek, but I agree on your statement.  The > firewall will have 30 mbps throughput max, would I still benefit from the em > card?  I could also use the fxp card in the old firewall. Biggest issue I've found WRT rl car

[pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice

2009-11-03 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Bill Marquette a écrit : On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Vick Khera wrote: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: 3com 905 (xl) I'd put this on your WAN and the intel on the LAN. 3Com have been well support in FreeBSD (and even in the original 4.2BSD before that) forever. Fo

[pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice

2009-11-02 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Vick Khera wrote: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: 3com 905 (xl) I'd put this on your WAN and the intel on the LAN. 3Com have been well support in FreeBSD (and even in the original 4.2BSD before that) forever. For a long while, back in the early early days of PC's runni

[pfSense Support] Re: NIC choice

2009-11-02 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Morgan Reed wrote: On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 13:12, Ugo Bellavance wrote: To set replace an old pfsense box, I bought a PC with an Intel Pro/1000 NIC onboard (em). In my inventory, I have a 3com 905 (xl) and a Dlink 538-tx (rl). Which one of th 3com or Dlink should I use to make sure I ha