From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 29 12:30:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA17987 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:30:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from ucnet.hinet.net (uct.ucnet.hinet.net [202.39.252.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA17973 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:30:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by ucnet.hinet.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id EAA28148; Sat, 30 Mar 1996 04:33:10 +0800 Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 04:33:07 +0800 (CST) From: FreeBSD mailing list To: ywliu cc: Michael Smith , team_fbf@pristine.com.tw, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: D-Link PCI NE2000 clone supported ? In-Reply-To: <199603291105.LAA20966@neptune.pristine.com.tw> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, ywliu wrote: > > > > ywliu stands accused of saying: > > > > > > I just wonder, if D-LINK PCI NE2000 clone Ethernet card (I forgot > > > its product number) is supported by FreeBSD 2.1R ? If yes, we > > > plan to buy dozens of it. > > > > AFAIK, not by 2.1R. As I known, the D-Link PCI DE-5x0 is use DEC 210x0 chip set. It is supported by 2.1.0R, I have tested the DE-530, it work fine. > > > > The only real reason for buying a PCI ethernet card is speed. The NE2000 > > interface model is not a speedy one. > > > > If you want lots of cheap ethernet cards, buy cheap ISA ethernet cards. > > > > If you want lots of high-performance ethernet cards, buy decent PCI > > ethernet cards. Anything based on the Digital DC2404x (except Compex) > > is a good buy, or the new Intel PCI cards are good choices. The latter > > would require you to upgrade to -stable, which would be a good idea > > anyway. > > > > 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 ? > > Thanks for your help. > > Yen-Wei Liu >