Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:55:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3COM network cards.. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960820145305.15485E-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960820094932.6013A-100000@tombstone.sunrem.com>
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On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > I've seen some heat in regard to 3Com cards. Is this in regard to any > specific card, or all 3Com cards in general? I was under the impression > that 3Com cards were rather decent cards.. Good cards indeed. > I'm looking to find a good card to use on a router with a CSU/DSU unit > (freeBSD router), any suggestions? Is the 3Com 590-COMBO? TPO? I heard lots of horror storries about the 590, and a few about the 509 (mainly just that the code was still "buggy" at least as of 2.1R).. I decided to drop a 509 in my last machine - it works great - no problems what so ever _EXCEPT_ I had a problem (had this on other machines with 2.1R too - haven't tried with 2.1.5R) where it would find the card on every other reboot (I don't think it mattered how you rebooted even).. I added a line of code to the driver and it now finds it every time. Though it's not a heavily loaded machine. - Steve - Systems Manager - Community Internet Access - http://www.cia-g.com
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