Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 06:19:08 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> Cc: questions list FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which PCI Ethernet card ? Message-ID: <199603121419.GAA20617@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:06:25 EST." <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). > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >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? He's talking about new Compex cards which use the DC21041 chip. The old Compex cards (DC21040 based) work just fine. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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