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Date:      Sun, 23 Jan 2000 15:26:37 +0100
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsdmobil <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Which cards for ethernet?
Message-ID:  <20000123152637.A49708@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <38876E1C.2538F124@buchonline.net>; from jojo@buchonline.net on Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 09:20:44PM %2B0100
References:  <38876E1C.2538F124@buchonline.net>

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According to Hans-Joachim Leidinger:
> i am a newbie in FreeBSD and i need a notebook! I have read some docs.
> But i have trouble to try out, which Ethernet-Cards can i choose. I need
> a card for 100MBit network. Which cards can i use with FreeBSD
> 3.4-STABLE without PAO or with PAO?

You also could try to get a laptop with builtin ethernet. The Sony VAIO Z
series have one 10/100 Mbps one as do the Sharp Actius (IIRC). That way, you
don't have to worry at all with PCMCIA support...

FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #1: Fri Jan 21 12:06:40 CET 2000
    roberto@sidhe:/home/current/src/sys/compile/SIDHE
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Celeron (364.74-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x66a  Stepping = 10
  Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
...
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
fxp0: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> port 0xfcc0-0xfcff mem 0xfec00000-0xfecfffff,0xfedef000-0xfedeffff irq 9 at device 6.0 on pci0
fxp0: Ethernet address 08:00:46:05:87:80
fxp0: supplying EUI64: 08:00:46:ff:fe:05:87:80
...
fxp0: starting DAD for fe80:0001::0a00:46ff:fe05:8780
fxp0: DAD complete for fe80:0001::0a00:46ff:fe05:8780 - no duplicates found

-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #77: Thu Dec 30 12:49:51 CET 1999



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