From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 28 19:25:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA04722 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:25:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA04686 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 1996 19:24:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA20047; Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:09:34 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603290339.OAA20047@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: D-Link PCI NE2000 clone supported ? To: team_fbf@pristine.com.tw (ywliu) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 14:09:33 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, team_fbf@pristine.com.tw, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199603291105.LAA20966@neptune.pristine.com.tw> from "ywliu" at Mar 29, 96 11:05:19 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ywliu stands accused of saying: > > Yes, we need a high-end PC to be a server and that's why we need a decent PCI > Ethernet card, rather than a cheap clone. > > But after pursuing the release notes of 2.1R, I cannot find any PCI card > explicitly supported and noted there. Could you or anyone recommend > some brands of supported PCI Ethernet cards ? Sure; the SMC PCI cards are known to work well. Accton appear to be using the DEC chipset too. As I mentioned before, don't go with Compex. If you're building a server, then spending a little more money on an SMC card is worth it for the certainty that you'll get a card that works. > Yen-Wei Liu -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[