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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!lkg.dec.com!thomas From: thomas@lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Q. SMC PCI Ethernet Card Support? Date: 20 Nov 1995 15:31:01 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 20 Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Distribution: world Message-ID: <48q6vl$8qm@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <47dur8$8jq@news2.ios.com> <DIB05q.L7@acton.albedo.com> Reply-To: thomas@lkg.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: netrix.enet.dec.com X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-30 In article <DIB05q.L7@acton.albedo.com>, mkh@acton.albedo.com (Michael K. Hamilton) writes: |>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? Absolutely. In fact, I've had up to 11 de devices configured and probed at one time. (two quad cards, one dual card, and then just a single card). -- Matt Thomas Internet: thomas@lkg.dec.com U*X Networking WWW URL: http://ftp.dec.com/%7Ethomas/ Digital Equipment Corporation Disclaimer: This message reflects my Littleton, MA own warped views, etc.