Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:06:25 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> To: questions list FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which PCI Ethernet card ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960312085315.6490A-100000@itsdsv1.enc.edu>
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Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> said on Tue, 12 Mar 1996:
> 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).
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Ummmm... how do you mean?
I've been using the Compex ENET32/PCI card (DC21040 based) in two of my
servers for the past 6 months with good results. Is there some reason
why it shouldn't be working? Or perhaps you mean a different Compex model?
Incidentally, in a July 1995 review of 10-Mbit PCI NICs in "Network
Computing" this card tied the 3Com EtherLink III PCI for first place!
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