Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 12:38:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 3C5x9 Network cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904081231030.3061-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990408182604.028852@relay.skynet.be>
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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Brad Knowles wrote: > > I have had the same problem under 3.1-STABLE with ISA 3C509B cards - > > FreeBSD did detect them, but had problems with sending/receiving data > > through them. I've rolled back to simple ne2000 cards. > > > > BTW as I remember, FreeBSD had never worked good with this card's type. > > Is this to imply that FreeBSD has problems with 3Com 3C905 (10/100 > Base-TX) cards as well? I was under the impression that FreeBSD and > Linux were the only two OSes outside of Microsoft to have semi-decent > drivers for these cards, primarily because of the user community self-support. The 3c905tx works quite well (it's the xl driver). I've also had problems with the 509b, though: With exact same circumstances, a file that'll transfer at 700kb/sec with a 3c905-TX will transfer at 60kb/sec with a 3c509b... > I do have one Intel EtherExpress Pro 100+ that I could stuff into the > machine I'm building, but I kind of wanted to hang onto it for more > critical functions, and for the less critical machines perhaps get by > with just a 3Com 3C905.... That should do quite nicely. melange@yip.org - Napalm: Cures what ails ya To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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