From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 29 00:18:19 1994 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id AAA00554 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Dec 1994 00:18:19 -0800 Received: from sun4nl.NL.net (sun4nl.NL.net [193.78.240.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id AAA00546 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 1994 00:18:16 -0800 Received: from spase by sun4nl.NL.net via EUnet id AA25007 (5.65b/CWI-3.3); Thu, 29 Dec 1994 09:18:03 +0100 Message-Id: <9412290818.AA25007@sun4nl.NL.net> Received: by spase3 (1.37.109.7/16.2) id AA20107; Thu, 29 Dec 94 09:16:02 +0100 From: Kees Jan Koster Subject: Re: etherboards To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 29 Dec 94 9:16:02 MEZ Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hoi, > ran into a couple of cheap ethernet cards (free in fact) and I'd > like to know if they're supported by FreeBSD. I'll list the ones that > were not burnt out :-). > > card name: Manufacturer: Biggest chip on board: > > PCnic (16 bits) IMC networks DP8390DN > ?? Corman Custom Elec. Corp COM9026 > LCS-8634 (rev 2a) ?? DP8390BN > isolink pc-at contr. BICC data networks AM7990PC/80 > I tried these cards (and some more) and I got a couple of them to work. The Isolink card ran at once (probably the jumpers were at the right configuration, accidently). No tellin' if its a fast card, I don't have more than one computer (yet, there is a SUN3 about to appear...). The 8390-based boards worked OK, except the PCnic family. They should be software configured for IO address and such. The LCS-8634 tells me it's a NE2000 (16 bits) card. Does anyone know if I should believe it? The COM9026 hung the network here at SPaSE (that's where I work). Great fun (not). And the FreeBSD box tells me it doesn't exist. Thanks for your help. Kees Jan Koster e-mail: dutchman@spase.nl (after 31 december 1994: ux005489@tfarn.nl)