From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 12 06:18:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA16986 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 06:18:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA16981 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 06:18:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id GAA20617; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 06:19:09 -0800 Message-Id: <199603121419.GAA20617@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Charles Owens cc: questions list FreeBSD Subject: Re: which PCI Ethernet card ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:06:25 EST." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 06:19:08 -0800 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Michael Smith 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