Date: Wed, 5 Jun 96 14:10:05 +0200 From: Pawel Wezgowiec <pwezgowi@matinf.pcz.czest.pl> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Ethernet and FreeBSD Message-ID: <9606051210.AA06605@mim>
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Hello everybody,
I have to set up a unix server but I couldn't find any information asuring
success ;-)
I have to put two Ethernet cards into a PC box (P133 or 166 and 32 MB RAM)
but I don't know which ones have _really_ stable drivers.
One of them would be connected to a hub with a RJ45 cable.
Since the rest of the LAN (win 3.11) will be connected with SMC
(though I don't know really which type to choose), I think another SMC
would be OK. (am I right - and are the drivers stable for all the types?)
The problem is the second card. Since this server will be serving as a router,
it _must_ be connected to a transceiver - AUI/Fiber Optic. Is there any
card with the AUI interface supported by FreeBSD (I think of no particular
release - it's only supposed to be stable) and perhaps at a reasonable price ;-)
And the last question: It would be probably better to use PCI cards, but
not necessarily both cards should be PCI ones.
And the question: which one works well?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
Paul
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Pawel Wezgowiec | Technical University of Czestochowa
| Institute of Mathematics
Network Administrator | and Computer Science
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http://www.matinf.pcz.czest.pl/~pwezgowi
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