From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 5 06:57:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA02069 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 06:57:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mim (root@mim.pcz.czest.pl [193.59.121.135]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA02061 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 06:57:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from slippc by mim (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA06605; Wed, 5 Jun 96 14:10:07 +0200 Date: Wed, 5 Jun 96 14:10:05 +0200 Message-Id: <9606051210.AA06605@mim> X-Sender: pwezgowi@matinf.pcz.czest.pl X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Pawel Wezgowiec Subject: Ethernet and FreeBSD Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 ======================================================================= Pawel Wezgowiec | Technical University of Czestochowa | Institute of Mathematics Network Administrator | and Computer Science ======================================================================= http://www.matinf.pcz.czest.pl/~pwezgowi =======================================================================