From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 11 02:52:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA09772 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 02:52:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA09763 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 02:52:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nadav@barcode.co.il) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA08943; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:46:12 +0200 (IST) (envelope-from nadav@barcode.co.il) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V2.0) id xma008939; Sun, 11 Jan 98 12:45:45 +0200 Message-ID: <34B8A420.4E93@barcode.co.il> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:51:12 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.6 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lyle Wallace CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3COM 10/100 NIC 3C905 References: <1998Jan08.110150.1839.2097413@msp-ln05.dgii.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Lyle Wallace wrote: > > Support needed, > > Does FreeBSD support the 3C905 10/100 3Com > Nic card? When I install it hangs and is only recognized > as a 3C509 (10 Mbps only) and not a 3C905 (10/100 Mbps). > Does FreeBSD 3.0-current have any beta drivers > for the 3C905? > Do I need to go out and buy Intel EtherExpress nic > cards because that's the only 100 Mbps NIC listed > as supported at the moment? > Thanks again, > > Lyle Wallace > HW/SW Q/A Engineer > lyle_wallace@dgii.com > 408 744 2756 I have a 3C905 working at 100mbps (with the vx driver). You have to use the DOS setup disk and set it to 100mbps (not auto-detect) for it to work though. Nadav