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Subject: Re: Realtek re(4) driver for FreeBSD 4.x?
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Dear Ragnar,

I am sorry I did not aware that you need the gigabit Ethernet drivers 
for FreeBSD 4.x. If it is the Realtek 8169 chipset, please try this one :-

http://152.104.125.9/cn/nic/rtl8169rtl8169sbrtl8110sb/bsd-8169s(120)0909.zip

Anyway, after some searching, I am sure you could get the driver you 
need from there.

John Mok


Ragnar Lonn wrote:

> Thanks, I downloaded it but it looks as if that's the rl(4) driver. It 
> only works for
> Realteks FastEthernet NICs, not the gigabit Ethernet ones.
>
> Regards,
>
>  /Ragnar
>
> John Mok wrote:
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>>
>> Did you try the driver for FreeBSD 4.x from Realtek?
>>
>> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?series=16&Software=True 
>>
>>
>> Regards,  John Mok
>>
>>
>> Ragnar Lonn wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a couple of D-link gigabit-ethernet cards that I'd like to 
>>> run on FreeBSD 4.11
>>> but it seems the driver only exists for FreeBSD 5.x.
>>>
>>> I saw that a certain Barry Bouwsma (who happens to be an old 
>>> acquaintance of mine),
>>> had made an attempt at porting the re(4) driver to FreeBSD 4 but I 
>>> don't know if
>>> he has been successful or not and I can't find any email address to 
>>> him that seems
>>> to be working (the NOSPAM.dyndns.dk address seems to be down).
>>>
>>> So - does anyone know if there is a working re(4) driver for FreeBSD 
>>> 4.x
>>> and also, does anyone know how to reach Barry??
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>  /Ragnar
>>>
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