From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 15 03:07:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA25101 for current-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 03:07:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA25094 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 03:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id DAA02830; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 03:05:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607151005.DAA02830@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Bror 'Count' Heinola" cc: dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk (Developer), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD with 100Mbit ethernet card? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:13:00 +0300." <199607150913.MAA08595@key.hole.fi> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@root.com Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 03:05:42 -0700 Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Developer taisi sanoa: > >> Another quick question, does FreeBSD current work with any 100Mbit >> ethernet cards? If so which one should we buy? > > I'm using an Allied Telesyn AT-2560TX 10/100Mbit card under > 2.1.5-RELEASE. It works, gets recognized as Intel Pro/100B > but for unknown reason it can't transmit very fast. Can you clarify about "can't transmit very fast"? I get excellent performance with the card myself - I'm using them in all of the machines I have here. > I'd think that -current has the same driver or perhaps a newer > revision of the same. Right, it's the same driver. The only known problem is that I don't have a work-around for a bug in the chip that causes it to lock up if it receives garbage (can happen when you unplug the cable from the card). There's no way to detect the hang except to notice that nothing is being received for awhile. Newer revs of the chip don't have this problem. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project