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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!200.29.55.20!dcc.uchile.cl!rdeiriar From: rdeiriar@enlaces (Roberto de Iriarte) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3com ethernet and FreeBSD 2.1.7 & 2.2.2 Date: 8 Jul 1997 14:29:24 GMT Organization: dcc.uchile.cl Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5ptis4$59h@dcc.uchile.cl> References: <33b2bd72.1192804@news> <ECG1w5.3tx@nonexistent.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mece.dcc.uchile.cl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44136 Louis Epstein (le@put.com) wrote: : Trey (rhyde@uclink4.berkeley.edu) wrote: : : Ok, I've been searching long and hard for a PCI ethernet card : : supported by FreeBSD. I've found numerous offerings from 3com but : : they arn't listed as supported. ie 3c900 and 3c905. Are they : : supported but just not listed? Also the intel cards seem to be : : cheaper and offer 100mbit. Am I safe with going with Intel? I have : : 2.1.7 installed from a CD and will be doing a FTP install of 2.2.2 : : after I buy a card. The only PCI cards I can consistantly find in : : stores are the above mentioned 3com cards and numerous Intel : : etherexpress cards. Recomendations? : The HARDWARE.TXT for 2.2.2 DOES mention the 3c9xx. From my dmesg vx0 <3COM 3C905 Fast Etherlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:10 Works flawlessly so far in 10 mbit mode. (No FAST switches here .... :)) Regards Roberto