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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!tezcat!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!tahiti.netreach.net!news1.digex.net!news.BLaCKSMITH.com!root From: kswanson@blacksmith.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3COM 3C905-TX network card compatible? Date: 30 Jan 1997 18:59:45 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5cqr31$m26@BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970124161757.27633B-100000@helmholtz> <5ce224$1jj$1@h4.kcwc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: downhill.blacksmith.com X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.8b) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34751 curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) wrote: > In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, Dara Ghahremani <dara@salk.edu> writes: > >I don't see anything about the 3COM 3C905-TX 10/100 BASE T network card > >listed in the FreeBSD documentation, including the FAQs. Does anyone know > >if this is compatible, and if so, what driver it uses? > I'm using that card on a FreeBSD 1.5.1. system (in 10Base-T mode). The vx > driver was modified a few months back to provide enough support for the card > to make it work. When I got the driver, it was in the "incoming" ftp > directory on the FreeBSD site. I suspect it is part of one of the standard > release trees at this point but I don't known which. Even the older > version of the driver could be made to work with the card by just adding > 2 lines of C code to the routine that reconized the cards ID. > So, yes, it's there somewhere. What about the 3COM 3C515-TX card? It is also a 10/100 card, but it is ISA instead of PCI. What 10/100 ISA cards are compatible with FreeBSD? Kevin Swanson kswanson@blacksmith.com