From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 2 06:20:21 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C2016A417 for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 06:20:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 704D413C48D for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2007 06:20:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id lA26JIFf094648; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:19:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "eng. Anatoli Marinov" , Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:20:31 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <335adcd30711010141n629bdab3t4551b2f956c75880@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: problem with 3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:20:21 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of eng. Anatoli > Marinov > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:41 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: problem with 3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL > > > Hi Guys, > > I have several 3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink XL NIC's but they work > very bad with 7.0 and 6.2. Those cards and the xl driver are crap, hae been ever since the driver first appeared in FreeBSD. Occasionally someone diddles with the driver trying to make it work better without any real success. 3com appears completely uninterested in helping. I can buy Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 cards out of the junk bin from the local computer recycler for $3 a card. I'm sure if you look you can find a similar thing, and that's what you need to do rather than put time and effort into a card/driver combo that has never worked very well under FreeBSD. Ted