* K K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-07 23:52]: > Am I the only one having a difficult time keeping track of which cards > on the "Supported hardware" list are merely tolerated, and which > vendors/chipsets are truly "supported" and cooperative? > > On 5/5/07, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 5/4/07, K K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This would be our first foray into Fiber NICs on OpenBSD, > >> looking for recommendations for on affordable, reliable dual > >> 1000baseSX NICs with good OpenBSD support. > >. . . > >the intels are not a bad choice; also there are bges I think. > >you can find hp branded dual-port em well as bge, and intel-branded em, > >on ebay at reasonable rates. > > Thanks -- We'll probably end up paying street price for new Intel SX > fiber gigabit NICs. > > Is there a reason I should avoid the very cheap SK-9844 refurbs I see > at various sites, these are a fraction of the eBay price for the dual > port Intel (PWLA8492MF)?.
not at all. they are a good choice, pbly even better than the others. -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
