From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 31 22:55:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA24478 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:55:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from polaris.pacificnet.net (polaris.pacificnet.net [207.171.0.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA24473 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bear@pacificnet.net) From: bear@pacificnet.net Received: from ale (pm3h-10.pacificnet.net [207.171.35.107]) by polaris.pacificnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA29104 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:54:28 -0700 (PDT) env-from (bear@pacificnet.net) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980831225759.006cba2c@pacificnet.net> X-Sender: bear@pacificnet.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:57:59 -0700 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What ethernet card should I use on my PC with a modem cable? In-Reply-To: <35EB51FB.66E891A9@aei.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I'd like the same exact information. :) In about a week I'm going to have a cable modem installed. I went to Fry's Electronics in Fountain Valley, Ca and looked for a compatible ethernet card for my Unix box. I didn't find anything that was on the ethernet hardware list. :( I found a bunch of LynkSys and D-Link card for reasonable prices. I also found some NetGear cards and others as well. Not a single one of them did I find any jumpers or anything on them. I'm afraid of using PnP hardware with FreeBSD. One of the Lynksys cards that I saw was Linux compatible, and I'm wondering it might be FreeBSD compatible as well. Too bad I don't have the model number handy. :( Finding NE2000 or NE2100 compatible boards have been a pain in the ass as well. I have been recomended the Intel ethernet cards but they are way out of my price band. I don't want to spend over 40 dollars, hopefully I'll get a card for about 20 bucks. Anyone know of which 20 dollar card will work without much fuss? Also, I'd like to hear more info about using FreeBSD as a gateway on a cable modem connection. I too would like to know if I'd need two ethernet cards, and how would I even run two cards? Would I need to get two PCI cards? I hear that I can set the IRQ's via the BIOS if it's PCI, but I've never had to do any BIOS fiddling so I have no clue on how to do that. Well, thanks in advance. :) Joey Bear Garcia At 09:46 PM 8/31/98 -0400, you wrote: >Ok, in some week I will have modem cable(motorola's cybersurfr). I would >like to know: >1:what ethernet card (10baseT) should I use on my not-scsi PC P200 >without problems. >2:does it's possible to use my freebsd has a router for another computer >if; > >modem cable--->FreeBSD-box with "one" ethernet card--->coaxial to--->foo >computer > >Do I need 2 ethernet card on my FreeBSD box? I dont want a hub. Ideally, >I would like to use only one ethernetper computer. But the tech guy say >to me than I cannot use the coax if the rj-45 is in use with the modem. >My finances are limited ;-) >What would be the better solution? 2 ethernet card on the freebsd box >and one on the other or a hub or anything else I dont know about :-) ? >3:Does it's true than there is an upload limitation or any kind of >limitation in the cybersurfr cable modem wich are not official? I've >heard weird stories about a 20k limitation in the upload ;-) > >Do you want more info? >Tank you > >PS:I will be connected to videotron, in Montreal, canada. >PPS:Can someone explain me why my cable modem 24hours connection will >cost me 55$ CAN per month (with the location of the modem included) and >than a SLOW 56kpbs connection 24hours would cost me 150$ CAN? >-- >[Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/] > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message