Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:08:43 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mulligan@forsterite.geology.washington.edu (Ed Mulligan) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: which PCI Ethernet card ? Message-ID: <199603120538.QAA26388@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960311171714.10444A-100000@forsterite> from "Ed Mulligan" at Mar 11, 96 05:23:54 pm
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Ed Mulligan stands accused of saying: > > I have been looking over your web-site and have not found any info as to > which PCI bus based ethernet cards are supported (if any). I am trying Several. The current version of the handbook lists about ten modls; if you're going to be installing 2.1R via a network you'll want something based on the DEC DC2104x chipset; the SMC Etherpower PCI cards are a good buy; Accton have cards based on this chipset as do a number of other vendors. (Don't buy the Compex cards, they're currently not supported). Alternatively, if you're planning to upgrade to 2.1-stable and can get by before then without PCI ethernet, the Intel PCI cards are supported there as well. > to build a new file-server for the dept (ASUS 486 DX-4/100 PCI > Motherboard, BusLogic 946C SCSI Controller, 16 MB RAM). I was assuming The 946 is a really really bad choice. Get an ASUS SC-200 from the same source as the motherboard; it'll cost you less and cause you far less grief. > Ed Mulligan, Geology computer support; Univ of Washington -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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