PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) recommendations

[Al Plant]

Gonzalo Nemmi wrote:
> On Thursday 31 July 2008 22:19:21 David Christensen wrote:
>> freebsd-questions:
>>
>> I have a FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE i386 computer, category 5E cabling, and a
>> Netgear GS108 Gigabit switch.  The machine currently hosts CVS, and I plan
>> to add FTP and mirroring eventually.
>>
>>
>> I would like to add a PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) to
>> the computer and was wondering what cards other people are using and how
>> they liked them.  Any comments and/or recommendations would be appreciated.
> 
> re0 in here
> 
> re0 at pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x81361019 chip=0x813610ec rev=0x01 
> hdr=0x00
> 
> "re -- RealTek 8139C+/8169/816xS/811xS/8101E PCI/PCIe Ethernet adapter driver"
> 
> Works like a charm.
> No complains :)
> 
Aloha,

I have 12 of the Trendnet Branded Realteck 8169 nic cards in use here.
No problems and good speed.

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