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From: elmo@iiidns.iii.org.tw (Information (811052))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: tcpdump? Device not configured
Date: 16 Mar 1996 04:19:17 GMT
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Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@time.cdrom.com) wrote:
: The driver for the Intel etherexpress does not support the packet
: filter, I'm afraid.  That driver has been essentially abandoned, and I
: do not recommend it for general use (if it works great for you then
: this is a big anomaly since it generally times out all over the place
: for everyone else).
My FreeBSD machine uses a EtherExpress NIC.  But before I got it to
work I had already tried 2 or 3 EtherExpress with no success.  Always
time out.  Because some old 3C503 had the same error, I just thought
FreeBSD has problems with networking, until I got this one worked.

Chih-Cherng Chin
elmo@iiidns.iii.org.tw.