From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun May 19 0:15: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050F537B40E for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 00:15:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4J79xH15740; Sun, 19 May 2002 00:09:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 00:09:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: Ryan Sutton Cc: Free BSD Subject: Re: NIC cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 16 May 2002, Ryan Sutton wrote: > I am running 2.2.5 and would like to know if the two NIC's I have in my computer will work with BSD, is there a hardware compatibilty list I can use for a cross reference on NIC's? I am trying to add a 3com Etherlink III 3C5098-C NIC and a Kingston Kne20t NIC, thank you. > > Ryan > As I recall there's a HARDWARE.TXT file somewhere in the / directory, probably in /stand/ or /stand/help. But if you're connecting to the Internet, upgrading for the newer security capabilities would be a good idea (actually installing 4.5 or 4.6 when it comes out in a few weeks). Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message