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Bill Campbell wrote:
[ ... ]
> As a paper weight, yes, as a NIC no.
> 
> I can't speak to these on FreeBSD, but they have a horrible reputation in
> the Linux world, and I gave up on them quite a while ago (as I did non-DEC
> Tulip cards).

Agreed.  I just had my third (out of three) Asante FastEthernet 10/100 cards 
with a PNIC-II die, and my primary response is simple relief at the notion of 
putting an fxp in...  :-)

-- 
-Chuck