From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 22 09:52:08 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA29934 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:52:08 -0800 Received: from eunet.EU.net (eunet.EU.net [192.16.202.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA29894 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:51:59 -0800 Received: from fennel.compnews.co.uk (fennel.compnews.co.uk [144.178.159.77]) by eunet.EU.net (8.7.2/8.6.10) with SMTP id SAA15215 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 18:51:46 +0100 (MET) Received: from sage.compnews.co.uk by fennel.compnews.co.uk; Wed, 22 Nov 95 17:49:01 GMT Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:48:58 +0000 (GMT) From: Andrew Hird To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Ethernet cards for FreeBsd Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi there, I'm setting up a PC with FreeBSD on it to act as a router between two networks of machines. All seems fine except we've got 3COM Etherlink III (3C509B models) and in the LINT kernal it mentions that the ep0 code for it is "buggy". What exactly does this mean? And how badly would this affect the machine when its acting as a router (I suspect quite badly!!). Does this still apply in 2.1R (same comment in LINT). Finally, what ethernet cards would people recommend for use with a machine which is to act as a router - I guess a fast reliable card is what I'm looking for. Thanks for any suggestions. Andy Hird Andrew Hird, (IS Eng) andyh@padd.press.net, a programmer Voice: +44 1430 488247 Fax: +44 1430 432450 "You're a heart of dead tomato washed with moldy purple spots, Mr Grinch"