100 mbps fiber card for FreeBSD 6?

[Jack Vogel]

On 5/4/07, Richard Tector <richardtector at thekeelecentre.com> wrote:
> Erik wrote:
> > Anyone have any good experiences with 100mbps fiber cards for FreeBSD?
> > There don't seem to be many people trying to use this (admittedly
> > slightly dated) technology.  The 3CR990B-FX-97 from 3Com works with
> > the txp driver (with a patch so that the card is recognized), however
> > that driver itself is broken, even with copper cards.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a card that will function well under FreeBSD?
>
> In my opinion you'd be better of getting a 100baseFX <-> 100baseTX media
> converter and then a well supported 100/1000baseT card if the
> application allows.
> Alternatively, I've used the 100baseFX Intel cards in the past which use
> the well looked after fxp driver.

LOL, why would you want 100Mb fiber? If Intel sells such a thing I'm
not aware of it. The cables would probably cost more than the NIC :)

We sell lots of Gig fiber, modernize would be my recommendation.

Cheers,

Jack