From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 10 17:11:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mrs-2.smartworld.net (mrs-2-fix.smartworld.net [216.70.64.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB2CE37B74B for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:11:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dnormandin@freewwweb.com) Received: from odie (1Cust62.tnt3.calgary.ab.da.uu.net [64.10.177.62]) by mrs-2.smartworld.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id VAA57377 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:11:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00f401bfeacc$fa84d320$3eb10a40@odie> From: "Duke Normandin" To: Subject: Puredata NICs -- any good? Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 18:12:13 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm about ready to network a win95 box to a FBSD 3.3R box. I don't have a hub/switch, so I'll be using a crossover cable. I was given 2 Puredata 8023 Nics which sports an Exilinx chip. Anybody know if these guys are worth messing with, or do I a bunch of "sh-- on a shingle"? I've tried mounting each in the box that I'll be using FBSD on, and booting to DOS (for the time being, till I get the hardware squared away) but they seem to hose the IDE controller or something, cuz it boots but I get a message like "Please insert bootable disk and press any key" or something like that. When I remove the NIC, the box boots, no probs. This Nic has 3 sets of jumpers: the 1st set = 4 x 2 pins for "card1, card2, card3 or card4" the 2nd set = 2 x 3pins on/off for "link integrity" the 3rd = 1 x 2 pins for "E1 clr option" Anyway, if anybody has had any experience with these, I'd like your opinion. I'll look at LINT to see if these are supported. TIA.... -duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message