From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Dec 5 9: 6: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.psn.net (pluto.psn.net [207.211.58.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0CD014CF7 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 09:06:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@shadow.blackdawn.com) Received: from 14-068.008.popsite.net ([209.69.195.68] helo=shadow.blackdawn.com) by pluto.psn.net with esmtp (PSN Internet Service 3.03 #1) id 11uf6m-0000M9-00; Sun, 05 Dec 1999 10:06:01 -0700 Received: (from will@localhost) by shadow.blackdawn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA09015; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:05:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from will) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3.1 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 12:05:46 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: Will Andrews From: Will Andrews To: Mark Hartley Subject: RE: Which pcmcia network card Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 03-Dec-99 Mark Hartley wrote: > I am going to be needing to get an ethernet card for a laptop, and > I'm wondering which one would be best to buy. It doesn't need to be > a 10/100 card, but of course that wouldn't hurt. It will be used in a > standard 10Base-T network (RJ45 connectors). I have very little > experience with FreeBSD and laptops, but I've heard some pcmcia cards > work better in FreeBSD (i.e. not needing the PAO stuff). The laptop > is a new Toshiba Satellite with 2 type 2 slots (I think). > > Anyway, can someone recommend what works well under > FreeBSD3.3-Release and later? Well, I suggest waiting until 4.0-RELEASE comes out in a few months and then seeing how PC-Card support is then. Warner Losh is working on importing a large amount of the effort put forth by the newconfig project, which should (in the end) add CardBus support. CardBus support means _real_ 100Mbit performance, as the current "normal" PC-Card interface can't handle 100Mbit (although you _CAN_ connect at that speed) transfers. 4.0-RELEASE looks like it will be coming very soon now.. I am running 4.0-CURRENT with my 3Com Megahertz 3CCFE574BT (non-CardBus) PC-Card.. although it's an older -CURRENT while I wait for Warner & Matt Dodd to fix the broken if_ep (for this card, that is) driver.. Anyway, I cannot really recommend any single card, but your best bet is to look at the PAO project's list of supported PC-Cards.. most of the time, cards listed there can work under native FreeBSD (i.e., no PAO patches needed). Sorry I can't give you a current best. But I still recommend waiting for 4.0-RELEASE before buying such an ethernet card.. unless you're willing to use 4.0-CURRENT with, say, a 3C589D or something (I don't think that card works under 3.3-RELEASE/STABLE). -- Will Andrews GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message