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Date:      Tue, 21 May 1996 11:39:04 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        jim@SmallWorks.COM
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   fast ethernet cards?
Message-ID:  <9605211539.AA32551@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9605202307.AA02485@butthead.SmallWorks.COM>
References:  <9605202307.AA02485@butthead.SmallWorks.COM>

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<<On Mon, 20 May 96 18:07:17 CDT, jim@SmallWorks.COM said:

> What is the recommended FAST (PCI-base) ethernet card to use on FreeBSD?

Something based on the DEC DC21140 chip.  This includes DEC's own
DE500-XA, SMC's EtherPower 10/100 PCI, and numerous clones.

You might also be able to find a board based on the Intel i82557 chip,
such as Intel's EtherExpress Pro/100B, but beware: the packaging for
the Pro/100 non-B looks identical, and the only way to recognize the B
model is to look at the board to see if the chip is an 82556
(original) or an 82557 (the one that works).

The driver for the DEC chips is `de', and for the Intel chips is
`fxp'.

-GAWollman

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