Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 00:05:01 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: rreiner@fscinternet.com (Richard Reiner) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 10/100 NIC options for FreeBSD 2.2.6 Message-ID: <199906060605.AAA13699@panzer.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <3759A970.13C5239@fscinternet.com> from Richard Reiner at "Jun 5, 1999 06:49:20 pm"
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Richard Reiner wrote... > 3Com keeps changing chipset details in the 3c905, so new 3c905s don't work > with FreeBSD 2.2.6. > > And the de driver in FreeBSD 2.2.6 only seems to work with DEC Tulip 21140, > 21141 and 21141A (not 21143 etc), but most manuafactuers are now using the > 21143 > > So there go the two 10/100 NICs I used to reply on for use with FreeBSD > 2.2.6. I've got dozens of 2.2.6 boxes deployed at geographically distant > locations, so upgrading them all isn't an option; what I need is: > > 1. Best of all would be a supply of 21141A based cards (DEc Tulip chipset, > but *not* the 21143). I believe those chips are no longer being made. I think most of the manufacturers who have used the 21140 and 21141 have switched to using clones. If you want a better answer, ask Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG>, he has written drivers for some of the clones. > 2. Second best would be some other good 10/100 card which can be obtained > reliably. I would suggest the Intel Pro/100+ family. The driver works great, and the cards are readily available. I've got those cards installed on more than 50 FreeBSD boxes, and I've never had a problem. BTW, it's also the card that was in wcarchive.cdrom.com, until they upgraded it to gigabit ethernet. i.e., it can handle a whole lot of traffic. Another thing about the Intel cards -- they're backwards compatible. Intel has come out with new versions of the chips (the original was the 82557, then they integrated the PHY for the 82558, and added management junk for the 82559), but they all still work fine with the driver. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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