Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 15:05:43 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: Hans-Joachim Leidinger <jojo@buchonline.net> Cc: freebsdmobil <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Which cards for ethernet? Message-ID: <388867B7.C13A3035@we.lc.ehu.es> References: <38876E1C.2538F124@buchonline.net>
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Hans-Joachim Leidinger wrote: > > i am a newbie in FreeBSD and i need a notebook! I have read some docs. > But i have trouble to try out, which Ethernet-Cards can i choose. I need > a card for 100MBit network. Which cards can i use with FreeBSD > 3.4-STABLE without PAO or with PAO? > I have just got a Xircom RealPort RE-100BTX card, and it works fine. This card is type III, because it includes the RJ-45 connector, so there is no need for crappy "x-jacks" or adapter cables. If you need a type II card, the Xircom CE3B-100BTX is identical, but it needs an adapter cable. It does not need PAO; you only have to build a kernel including the "xe" driver (it is commented out in GENERIC) and enable pccardd in /etc/rc.conf (after renaming /etc/pccard.conf.sample to /etc/pccard.conf, and editing the "irq" line at the start of the file). The main drawback of this card is that it does not work under -CURRENT (yet). -- JMA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- José Mª Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es Universidad del País Vasco | mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.org Dpto. de Electricidad y Electrónica | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-946012479 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-946013071 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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