From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri May 30 04:10:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA11132 for bugs-outgoing; Fri, 30 May 1997 04:10:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA11126; Fri, 30 May 1997 04:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 04:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705301110.EAA11126@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Stefan Esser Subject: Re: conf/3710: Network Adapter Reply-To: Stefan Esser Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR conf/3710; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Stefan Esser To: admin@itacom.com.py Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, Stefan Esser Subject: Re: conf/3710: Network Adapter Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 12:59:45 +0200 On May 29, admin@itacom.com.py wrote: > Hello, I am a user of Freebsd, I use the operative system for > to administer a node of Internet in Paraguay , we are ISP (internet service > provider) > I have 02 server with network adapter compatible NE2000 and work > with TCP-IP and Ethernet to 10 Mbits. > My problem is with a computer COMPAQ because does not recognize > the network adaptere that has and it does not has slots ISA, alone EISA and PCI... You should be able to use any ISA or PCI card in that system. EISA slots support ISA cards just fine. But your Compaq may come with on-board Lance Ethernet (possibly in form of the AMD Ethernet SCSI Combo chip), and you will be able to use that under FreeBSD, but will have to configure the "lnc0" device driver for the non-standard port address used. (I can check this out, if you send me a VERBOSE (!) boot log (type "-v" at the "Boot: " prompt) from that Compaq.) If you don't have that Lance compatible chip on your system's motherboard, then depending on the network load a simple PCI NE2000 clone (< US$25) will be sufficient. I leave it to others to comment on bus-master PCI cards, which are more appropriate for a server-class machine. Regards, STefan