Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 21:22:40 +0100 (MET) From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl> To: mango@communique.net (Raul Zighelboim) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org, hardware@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3C900 - 3C590 - 3C595 - SMC and PCI ethernet cards ??? Message-ID: <199611212022.VAA10726@gvr.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961113174654.19226A-100000@yama.communique.net> from Raul Zighelboim at "Nov 13, 96 05:51:27 pm"
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Raul Zighelboim wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 2.1.5 on a PPro ... > > I tried using the SMC PCI ethernet card, but the 10baseT support seems > broken: the first card we tried, would slow down to a crowl after a few > minutes. The second one will not see/bessen by the hub at all. > Then we tried to order the 3C595.. backlog on most stores. > > We ordered a 3C590. We received instead a 3C900 card, the 590 beeing > discontinued :-( > > Questions: > What PCI Ethernet card is solid and has good support under FBSD? > Is it possible to get this 3C900 card working under 2.1.5 ? > > Thanks for the answeres :-) > > The current driver for the 3c590 also has 5c900 support. Try the one in current. You can also try the driver in ftp://freebsd.org/pub/incoming/vx.tar.gz It has a 2.1.5 patch as well. -Guido
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