Subject: Re: network card recommendation
To: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/15/2002 13:57:12
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 11:07:11PM +1100, Giles Lean wrote:
> 
> I've "been there, done that" and now use Intel cards.  I might use
> something else if I had to buy Intel cards new -- they were never
> cheap, and they haven't got much cheaper over the years.  There are
> lots available cheap secondhand though if that is acceptable to you,
> plus they're integrated onto some motherboards.

FWIW they can be had in the USA for US$20 or so new.  That seems cheap
enough for me!  Of course with the shipping everyone wants they end up
at about US$30.

The same card with crypto offload support is just as cheap, if only there
was a driver. :(

-Andrew