Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 12:05:46 -0500 (EST) From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> To: Mark Hartley <mark@whetstonelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Which pcmcia network card Message-ID: <XFMail.991205120546.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991203155032.mark@whetstonelogic.com>
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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 <imp@village.org> 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 <andrews@technologist.com> 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
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