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#! rnews 1345 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!mn6.swip.net!mn5.swip.net!news From: Per Brax <per@brax.se> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3c509 ethernet card Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 20:06:38 GMT Organization: Braxen Infosystems Lines: 17 Sender: usenet@brax.se (Charlie Root) Message-ID: <330CAECE.56CE@brax.se> References: <va4wws6yrjy.fsf@jay.dpmms.cam.ac.uk> Reply-To: per@brax.se NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup68-8-1.swipnet.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-User: s-31829 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35940 Gareth McCaughan wrote: > > The FreeBSD handbook says that the 3c509 ethernet card is supported, > but mentions that the driver is "buggy". What sort of level of bugginess > are we talking about here? What doesn't work, under what circumstances? Due to lack of other free network cards, I tried it on 2.1.5 some time ago. At least with my setup, I achieved (?) about 1-2 Kb/sec, much like using a modem. This was without having any hardware conflicts at all in the machine. After switching to a WD8013, the same machine does 500 Kb/sec as a router. My two cents, for what it's worth. /Regards, Per Brax