Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 17:24:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971119172317.3811I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199711192319.RAA05522@imdave.pr.mcs.net>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Dave Bodenstab wrote: > > I just got an additional PC and I now want to network them on > the cheap. I see that ISA NE2000 compatible cards are selling > for under $20 and I was wondering if it would be a reasonable > way to go. This will be my first venture into the world of > networks, so... > > - is the NE2000 adequately supported? Quite. > - are there any drawbacks to this card? They're slow because they generate a lot of interrupts over a card with more buffer space e.g. a 3com 3c509. > - if the card claims that it supports the Novell drivers, > is it likely that the FreeBSD driver would support it > also? If it says NE2000 on it the ed driver will do the rest. > PS. Am running 2.2.5 on the newer PC, 2.0.5 on the older. The > release notes for 2.0.5 and 2.2.5 say that the NE2000 is a supported > interface. I wouldn't be surprised if even FreeBSD 1.x supported it. The NE2000 standard has been around for literally ages. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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