From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 11 09:26:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA13698 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:26:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net (relay-15.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA13693 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:26:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from leys.demon.co.uk ([194.222.64.103]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa0726144; 11 Aug 97 16:36 BST Received: from fluorine.theleys.cambs.sch.uk (fluorine.theleys.cambs.sch.uk [10.0.1.9]) by hydrogen.theleys.cambs.sch.uk (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA01631; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 16:33:19 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 16:32:42 +0100 (BST) From: "Dr R.D. Gidden" Subject: Re: Allied Telesyn AT-2560 100BaseFx NIC To: Pedro A M Vazquez Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199708111439.LAA06117@kalypso.iqm.unicamp.br> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-1 X-Organization: The Leys School, Cambridge, CB2 2AD, U.K. X-Mailer: ANT RISCOS Marcel [ver 1.08] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Pedro! Thanks for the personal reply! On Mon 11 Aug, Pedro A M Vazquez wrote: > Dr R D Gidden was saying that: > > Still trying to find a 100Mbit Fibre ST NIC I can > > both buy *and* drive! > IMC has one: http://www.imcnetworks.com/qnic.htm > Uses Digital Equipment's DEC21140A 32-Bit Intelligent Ethernet Controller > Supports Half- and Full-Duplex operation We know about the Adaptec ANA6910FX and Allied AT-2560 too, now. We've just ordered the Allied one (with the understanding we can return it if we can't drive it with FreeBSD), so we *may* need to try the IMC one. FreeBSD FAQ 3.15 suggests the 'de' driver will do any 21140 chip-based card, so it looks feasible. Regards, Bob. -- rdg@theleys.cambs.sch.uk