From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 11 13:52:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA25285 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:52:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA25278 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:52:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin [198.145.90.50]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id NAA07831; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:52:04 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.7.3/8.6.5) with SMTP id NAA01981; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:52:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199601112152.NAA01981@corbin.Root.COM> To: Michael Ryan cc: FreeBSD Support Subject: Re: SMC 8216C, SMC 8414BT (EtherEZ) and NE2000 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jan 96 22:09:25 GMT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:51:42 -0800 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >Some network card questions relating to FreeBSD 2.0: > >(a) The FreeBSD FAQ doesn't mention the SMC EtherEZ >(aka 8416, 8416T, 8416BT, etc.) cards. Does anyone know >if they're supported? The Ultra is supported in 2.0, but the others weren't supported until 2.1. >(b) The FAQ says the Elite Ultra (aka 8216) does work but >it doesn't mention the 8216C. Again, does anyone know >if this works (it's a combo with RJ-45, BNC and AUI ports)? I think the 8216 is the combo version of the 8216, right? It should work. >(c) Anyone got comments on using an NE2000? Is performance >acceptable? Any config problems? It has about twice the CPU overhead compared to the shared memory cards, but it does work okay. -DG David Greenman Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project