Re: usb network adapter

"Nenhum_de_Nos" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, January 14, 2011 01:32, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Understudy wrote:
>
>> I have a G555 with an alc0 nic. When I upgraded to 8.1.
>
> alc(4) works on 8-stable here.  My Acer D250 has a 1G PHY on a 10/100
> interface, and autonegotiation is unreliable.  Manually setting media
> type makes it work.
>
>> So I figure as a temporary solution I can use a usb to nic adapter. I
>> was
>> looking for suggestions on one that is readily available and works
>> easily
>> with FreeBSD. I know there is a list but I am asking for ones that have
>> been
>> used and not caused you to many headaches.
>
> A Belkin F5D5050 has been occasionally useful to me.  It's slow, I
> wouldn't really trust it long-term, and wouldn't have it if it hadn't
> been on clearout for like $2 years back.  Better than nothing,
> certainly.

I have this adapter, and if the other end is fast ethernet, it is stable
up to some point and no more. running in gigabit mode the link keeps
up-and-down. no good to work.

I talked to yongari@ for some time, and he helped a lot on achieving some
stability :)

matheus


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