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To: haertel@ichips.intel.com
cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: fast ethernet solutions for FreeBSD on EISA systems 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jan 96 10:03:57 PST."
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 10:37:41 -0800
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>Hi, I have some old EISA systems that I would like to run
>on 100 Mbps ethernet.
>
>Does anybody have any experience with any of these cards
>under FreeBSD?
>
>-- 3com Fast Etherlink 10/100 EISA  (3C597)  (supposedly 3C579 compatible?)
>-- Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 EISA
>
>If not, can anybody recommend an EISA fast ethernet card that
>will work with FreeBSD?  These are the only two that I have
>even been able to find.  Thanks,

   Neither of the above are supported, and unfortunately, we don't have
support for any other EISA 100Mbit ethernet cards.

-DG

David Greenman
Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project