From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 21 08:39:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA02681 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 08:39:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA02668 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 08:39:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA32551; Tue, 21 May 1996 11:39:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:39:04 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9605211539.AA32551@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: jim@SmallWorks.COM Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: fast ethernet cards? In-Reply-To: <9605202307.AA02485@butthead.SmallWorks.COM> References: <9605202307.AA02485@butthead.SmallWorks.COM> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < 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 -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant