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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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