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Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Kent Vander Velden wrote:
> 
> >   Is the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 PCI 100Mbps ethernet card support
> > with either -stable or -current?
> 
> Not yet.
> 
> >   In another box I have a cheap NE2100 compatible card.  The kernel on
> > that box reports CRC check error VERY often and Framming error once in a
> > while.  I have commented out most of the error reporting mechanism from the
> > kernel to avoid /var from filling up with these errors.  Is there a
> > better solution?  Is this due to the type of ethernet card?
> 
> NE2100?  Hm.  I have a cheap NE2000 that works great.  My guess would
> either be that either the cabling or the card is bad.
> 
> Or your network is rather noisy.
> 

I suspect bad cabling.
What driver are you using on the ne2100??
I see in LINT that the 2100 is listed under lnc, Isn't the 2100
also 2000 compat??

My FreeBSD box has two cards using ed. Novell NE1000 (for IPX playing)
and a Who Knows brand NE2000 compat for real use. Works flawlessly.


-Enjoy
Gary
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