From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 5 12:24:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA09878 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:24:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA09864; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:24:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00595; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808051921.MAA00595@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, network@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which PCMCIA Ethernet for FreeBSD ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:47:24 -0300." <199808051847.PAA23328@roma.coe.ufrj.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 12:21:33 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I'm searching for a good PCMCIA Ethernet card to use with FreeBSD > in a Toshiba Notebook. I intend to use it not only as a network > conection, but also as a network management and probing tool. This > implies in good network performance and promiscuous mode support. > I've heard that 3Com cards do not support promiscuous mode, is this > true ? Which cards do you suggest for this kind of application ? 3com cards support promiscous mode OK, it's multicast that they handle badly. Almost any generic NE2000 clone card will do what you want. > Also, a card with dual speed (10/100) support AND dual connector > (BNC/UTP) would be perfect, but I could not yet find one. Is there > any available ? There are still lots of BNC networks around to be > monitored. :) I have a very cheap NE2000 clone (Sold in Australia as an "Alloy" product, but the label was printed on an inkjet printer...) which identifies itself as a "Danpex". It has hardware BNC/UTP autodetect. The Accton 2216 is also available with dual media (hardware autodetect). Support for 100Mbps cards is almost nonexistent at this point in time. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message