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From: mkh@acton.albedo.com (Michael K. Hamilton)
Subject: Re: Q. SMC PCI Ethernet Card Support?
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 18:46:37 GMT
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rashid@rk.ios.com (Rashid Karimov) writes:
: 
: 	IMHO this is ( SMC EtherPower ) the BEST choice for FreeBSD - 
: 	it's _very fast comparing to other 1Mb cards ( 3 times faster
: 	than ISA based 3Com5**). Use them now at 10 servers under FreeLSD.
: 	No bugs were detected yet

    Is it possible to use TWO of these cards?  I'd like to use de0 and
de1, but I'm not sure this is going to work.  Is there a de1?

    Thanks.
	- mike

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Michael Hamilton / mkh@albedo.com
albedo, n.  In astronomy, the ratio between the light reflected from
            a surface and the total light falling upon it.