From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 6 21:10:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9B8D14EE9 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 1999 21:10:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@cyrus.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (robert@fledge.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.3]) by fledge.watson.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id AAA14443; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 00:10:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@cyrus.watson.org) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 00:10:42 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org Reply-To: Robert Watson To: Wes Peters Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HomePNA network cards In-Reply-To: <384C37ED.5CCA93F0@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Has anyone gotten one of these to work with the lnc driver in current? > Looking at the chip specs, it is supposed to be software compatible with > the PCNet PCI parts, but it sports the "home networking" PHY that are > not supported on other LANCE parts. > > If you've had success with these, please let me know. A friend wants to > setup a network but doesn't have access to the wall spaces in his house. > Silly boy. I submitted a pr in June with patches, and it seems to work fairly well. Never checked to see if it was commited though. I've had problems with dropped packets, however--at certain times of day (?) I can't pass any packets on phone wires that run vertically in my parents home. Ended up running ethernet between floors of their house, and the homepna stuff inside the floors. Robert N M Watson robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message