From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 18:01:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA08412 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:01:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA08396 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:01:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA22589; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:00:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:00:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Peter Pinto cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PCMCIA Ethernet In-Reply-To: <331C6CA8.6815@dss.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Peter Pinto wrote: > Hi, > > I think FreeBSD is great. I'm new to Unix, and I've installed it on a > Toshiba laptop - so I can play with it anywhere. > > I do have one problem, though. I can't figure out how to get my Simple > Technologies PCMCIA ethernet adapter working with the OS. FreeBSD doesn't support this by default, but you might try the PAO package, avaliable at http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO. This is an excellent PCCARD support system that has great docs and works very nicely. > I've also installed on a Compaq Deskpro with a Compaq (no so intuitively > built on the motherboard) NetFlex 3 adapter. This card, also, appears > not to work. That I don't expect to work. Compaq's tend to have proprietary (ie, requires Winblows drivers) hardware, even the modems. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major