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Date:      Thu, 21 Sep 1995 16:01:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chris Timmons <skynyrd@tahoma.cwu.edu>
To:        bmk@dtr.com
Cc:        Robert Gorichanaz <wraith@hollywood.cinenet.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need recommendation of ethernet card
Message-ID:  <Pine.VUL.3.91.950921155344.23327G-100000@tahoma.cwu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199509212235.PAA29509@everest>

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I haven't been able to get an instance of a DEC DE500 PCI 10/100 ethernet
card to work on my ASUS P54SP4 motherboard, which uses the SiS PCI chipset. 
(This is NOT a freebsd problem, the board's own DOS diagnostics won't run
properly either.) After exhaustive tinkering I've decided to try it again
with a triton chipset motherboard. 

Moral of the story: not only is a driver needed, but in some cases with PCI
your motherboard must also be friendly... 

-Chris

On Thu, 21 Sep 1995 bmk@dtr.com wrote:

> 
> > Hey.
> 
> > I'm setting up a FreeBSD box to act as a gateway and I need a 
> > recommendation on which make/model of ethernet card to use.
> 
> > I have 1 box at home that has a NE2100 card in it and it works
> > like a charm, but I cannot seem to locate any of those in 
> > the catalogs/stores nearby.
> 
> > So, if someone out there could give me a recommendation on 
> > a "popular", "available", solid and supported ethernet card
> > for ISA or PCI bus I'd really appreciate it and may buy ya
> > a beer if yer in town.
> 
> For ISA, I like the SMC/Western Digital 16 bit (Elite 16?) cards.  For
> PCI, I really couldn't say.
> 
> Stay away from the NE2000 clone cards if your network is going to see
> any significant amount of traffic.
> 
> 



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