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Hi Martin!

If I may ask, is there any good reason to choose release 5.0 right now?
It is out dated and release 5.3 is out and working - with a wider range
of supported devices.

If you're not too far into the installation and can start all over, I
would recommend the upgrade.

Cheers
  Olivier

> Hi,
>
> I'm loading up Freebsd 5.0 on a laptop, Toshiba Tecra 8100, and was
> going to use the USB, and a USB Ethernet Adapter, Linksys USB 20, to
> network to my gateway box.  Anybody ever done this, I think I need a
> driver, Freebsd is not recognizing the USB Ethernet Adapter.  Thanks so
> much for your thoughts?
>
> Martin Gross
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