Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:54:06 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: alk@pobox.com Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_ex.c driver and multicast Message-ID: <37152A9E.5230480C@softweyr.com> References: <19990413222022.B14913@keltia.freenix.fr> <371421C3.B1553B2@softweyr.com> <199904141727.NAA09373@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <14100.53656.953140.550591@avalon.east>
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Anthony Kimball wrote:
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> [redirecting the thread to "hardware":]
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> Is there anyplace where one can still get tulip-based cards?
D-LINK and Bay Networks, maybe. Most of the tulip manufacturers
have moved on to the PNIC card, which is a mostly compatible chip
from Lite-On, and the Winbond W89C840F. These are supported in
3.1 by the pn and wb drivers, both written by Bill Paul.
The PNIC supports the Tulip-style "hash perfect" mode, while the
Winbond chip only supports a 64-bit hash filter for multicast.
Looks like the PNIC is the winner here. Bill mentions the LinkSys
10/100 board by name in the driver, so you may want to look for
that one. www.shopper.com shows them as low as $22, search for
"linksys etherfast pci".
We just ordered 20 of them here, I'm told. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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