Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 09:52:59 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: markl@agis.net (Mark E Larson) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 100baseT Ethernet cards Message-ID: <199703251752.JAA11386@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970325112849.009976d0@agisgate.agis.net> from Mark E Larson at "Mar 25, 97 11:28:50 am"
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> > Does anyone have suggestions for 100baseT cards. I need to run 2 cards per > server. the new DEC DC21041 chips don't work at all and the Intel 100b's > won't work with 2 cards in the machine (works fine with one). > > Any suggestions? > The DC21041 is a 10Mb/s chip, and works just fine when using the Kingston cards: de0 <Digital DC21041 Ethernet> rev 17 int a irq 12 on pci0:10 de0: DC21041 [10Mb/s] pass 1.1 Ethernet address 00:c0:f0:04:2c:d4 For 100Mb/s operation you want a DC21140 chip, and I am currently recommending the SMC9332BDT which has had support added for this specific card to FreeBSD 2.1.7, 2.2 and 3.0. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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