Nic card recommendation

Frederick D Ullman <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Nov 2025 20:42:43 +0000
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I own a Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 motherboard which was intended when=
 purchased to dual boot Windows 11 and FreeBSD 14.3. Th windows side is alr=
eady installed and fully functional. My understanding is that there are two=
 major compatibility issues between this motherboard and FreeBSD: graphics =
and the included ethernet lan interface. Graphics is not a current concern.=
  But access to the Internet is vital. The workaround I've seen suggested i=
s to add a PCIe network card supported by FreeBSD. I'd prefer a 1GB card to=
 match what my ISP provides but even a lower speed card will do to give me =
Internet access from FreeBSD. I freely admit my FreeBSD experience is quite=
 old and rusty.  I've just spent almost a full day going back and forth bet=
ween the FreeBSD 14.3 release notes, Nic cards available for retail purchas=
e online, and trying to determine the underlying chips  of what I find avai=
lable.   I have absolutely nothing to show for my efforts other than the re=
alization that many cards listed as compatible with some release of FreeBSD=
 are many years obsolete.   If memory serves, I don't recall having to even=
 think about Nic drivers the last time I installed FreeBSD.  I'm recently r=
etired and hoping someone will take pity on a struggling senior citizen by =
recommending a specific pcie Nic card or two that are known to be compatibl=
e with FreeBSD 14.3, stable, reliable and currently available, for example,=
 on Amazon..

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I own a Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 motherboard =
which was intended when purchased to dual boot Windows 11 and FreeBSD 14.3.=
 Th windows side is already installed and fully functional. My understandin=
g is that there are two major compatibility
 issues between this motherboard and FreeBSD: graphics and the included eth=
ernet lan interface. Graphics is not a current concern.&nbsp; But access to=
 the Internet is vital. The workaround I&#8217;ve seen suggested is to add =
a PCIe network card supported by FreeBSD. I&#8217;d
 prefer a 1GB card to match what my ISP provides but even a lower speed car=
d will do to give me Internet access from FreeBSD. I freely admit my FreeBS=
D experience is quite old and rusty.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve just spent almost a f=
ull day going back and forth between the FreeBSD
 14.3 release notes, Nic cards available for retail purchase online, and tr=
ying to determine the underlying chips&nbsp; of what I find available.&nbsp=
;&nbsp; I have absolutely nothing to show for my efforts other than the rea=
lization that many cards listed as compatible with
 some release of FreeBSD are many years obsolete.&nbsp;&nbsp; If memory ser=
ves, I don&#8217;t recall having to even think about Nic drivers the last t=
ime I installed FreeBSD.&nbsp; I&#8217;m recently retired and hoping someon=
e will take pity on a struggling senior citizen by recommending
 a specific pcie Nic card or two that are known to be compatible with FreeB=
SD 14.3, stable, reliable and currently available, for example, on Amazon..=
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