On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 06:46:36PM +0100, Richard Tector 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.
We've had pretty bad luck with media converters. When possible, it's our preference to use a card. Do you happen to have a model number on the Intel cards? I have a feeling that they may not be readily available, but it's worth a shot. Thanks for the feedback! Erik _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
