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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: Gorgonio@dt.fee.unicamp.br Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NE1000 Date: 26 Aug 1993 13:48:26 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 17 Sender: daemon@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <9308261846.AA04838@dt.fee.unicamp.br> >The NE1000 doesn't work with 386BSD; the driver is for NE2000 only. Even >with this, the default IRQ for NE2000 clones is 3, whereas 386BSD defaults >to 2/9. I have run with a couple different NE2000 clones quite successfully. >Just switch it to IRQ 2, and you're flying. NE2000 clones can be had for >$80 (less if you shop hard); why not upgrade to a 16-bit card? > > Andy Valencia [...] But in the 386bsd INSTALL.NOTES we found: ``Ethernet controllers supported are the Western Digital/SMC 8000/Elite series, Novell NE1000/NE2000, 3COM 3C503, and the ISOLAN ISOLINK.'' !!!