From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 16 17:01:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA23198 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:01:48 -0800 (PST) (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 RAA23094 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:01:13 -0800 (PST) (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 QAA08666; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:59:58 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802170059.QAA08666@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jake cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AcerOpen ALN-211 PCI network card support? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 15:37:21 PST." <34E8CDB1.59E2B600@int.checker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:59:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > anyone know if AcerOpen ALN-201 or ALN-211 PCI > net cards are supported by FreeBSD? I would normally advise people to avoid purchasing Acer products based on their track record for producing incompatible and low-quality hardware. > I'm thinking about getting a ALN-211 card. > They're cheap, and it says they support PCI bus-master. > > I just don't know about the chipset. Looking at the picture on the webpage, the ALN-211 is almost certainly based on one of the Digital chips (the logo is pretty distinctive). The ALN-201 on the other hand, has a glossy Acer logo over the chip; if it's not one of their own parts, it's probably a Realtek RTL-8029 or a similar PCI NE2000 clone. > I'm hoping they have the DEC tulip > chip, but,..., seems doubtful You *should* be OK with the 211. -- \\ 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