Looking for RealTek 8139c+ based NIC

[Li Zeng]

Hi ,

Realtek has phased out 8139C+, I'v found the Ethernet card using Realtek
8169 chip. It's EN9230-32 (32-bit Gigabit Ethernet card).

Here is the contact information:

Ediamx Computer Company
3350 Scott Blvd., #15
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 496-1105
Fax (408) 980-1530
sales at edimax.com
http://www.edimax.com


Li Zeng

----- Original Message -----
From: "Soren Kristensen" <soren at soekris.com>
To: "FreeBSD-Lis" <FreeBSD at Zaleo.nl>
Cc: "Li Zeng" <lzeng at perfisans.com>; <freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for RealTek 8139c+ based NIC


> Hi,
>
> FreeBSD-Lis wrote:
>
> > Dear Li Zeng,
> >
> > This is a chipset not a brand, a lot of manufactures are using RealTec
> > chipset's..
> > My advice don't use a Realtec based NIC, it resolves in a lot of
> > collisions and there are some auto negotiating problems with this dual
> > speed card. (Drops down to 10Mbit and sometimes you have to reconnect
> > the cable to let it work after a reboot)
> >
> > This is a Windows Box orientated chipset, FreeBSD simply over load this
> > chipset.
>
> Be aware the the specific 8139C+ actually don't have much in common with
> the older Realtek 8139 chips.... The + version is a much more advanced
> new version with real descripter based buffer management and IP/TCP
> checksum offload.
>
> I'm actually also considering it for some projects, and wouldn't mind if
> I could locate a board with it for testing....
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Soren
>
>
> > Kind Regards,
> > Zeo Smeijsters
> >
> > At 11:43 9-9-2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Bill Paul,
> >>
> >> I am looking for Realtek 8139c+ NIC for my project. I learnt from
> >> freebsd.org website that you have gotten a sample 8139c+ NIC. I just
> >> wonder who sells this card and what is the card's model. I'd
> >> appreciate it if you could tell me.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Li Zeng
> >> Software Developer,
> >> Perfisans Networks
> >> lzeng at perfisans.com
> >>
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