From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 7 15:31:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA11522 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 15:31:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from luke.pmr.com ([206.224.65.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA11517 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 15:31:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bob@localhost) by luke.pmr.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA03579; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 17:30:26 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19970607173025.20755@luke.pmr.com> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 17:30:25 -0500 From: Bob Willcox To: dg@root.com Cc: hackers mailing list Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN adapters? Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: <19970607144556.23347@luke.pmr.com> <199706072222.PAA23657@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.75e In-Reply-To: <199706072222.PAA23657@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Sat, Jun 07, 1997 at 03:22:49PM -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Jun 07, 1997 at 03:22:49PM -0700, David Greenman wrote: > >Well, I now have part of my network running at 100mbps, but now I > >have another problem. It has to do with some (older?) Intel > >EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN adapters that I have gotten (surplus, for > >a good price). Are these in some way different from the Intel > >EtherExpress PRO/100B adapters that are mentioned in the handbook > >under Ethernet cards? The reason I ask is that my system doesn't > >notice these cards when I boot. Are these, perhaps, older and > >non-supported adapters? > > The old, big, Pro/100 cards are an entirely different animal and stand > no chance of working with the fxp driver. We have no support for those in > FreeBSD. Bummer, I was afraid of that. Thanks for the response. -- Bob Willcox Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made bob@luke.pmr.com President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Austin, TX -- Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"