From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 21 14:38: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5329414E67 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:38:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dg@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA01584; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 07:43:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911211543.HAA01584@implode.root.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" Cc: Steven Fletcher , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Onboard Intel Lan In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 21 Nov 1999 18:54:54 GMT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 07:43:08 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Steven Fletcher wrote: > >>On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 09:52:50 +0000 (GMT), you wrote: >> >>>I am thinking that I might buy one. >> >>I've used quite a few motherboards with on-board network cards, and >>although I haven't used the model that you mention above yet, all others >>have worked fine for me as in a 'normal' configuration. > >Thanks. Nobody has said anything bad so I just may go for it. I'm not aware of any onboard 82559 NICs that don't work correctly with FreeBSD. I've personally tested and used those on several different models of Tyan motherboards (including the predecessor [S1836DLUAN] to the one you asked about), and haven't seen any problems. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message