Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 21:57:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: brad@shub-internet.org (Brad Knowles) Cc: doka@triton.kiev.sovam.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 3C5x9 Network cards Message-ID: <199904081957.VAA02845@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19990408182604.028852@relay.skynet.be> from Brad Knowles at "Apr 8, 1999 6:26: 4 pm"
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As Brad Knowles wrote ... > On Thu, Apr 8, 1999, Vladimir Litovka <doka@triton.kiev.sovam.com> 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 Not at all: > FreeBSD p100.iaf.nl 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> rev 0x00 int a irq 14 on pci0.13.0 xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:09:b7:41 xl0: autoneg complete, link status good (half-duplex, 100Mbps) > FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 2.2.8-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE xl0 <3Com 3c905 Fast Etherlink XL 10/100BaseTX> rev 0 int a irq 14 on pci0:9:0 xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:09:b8:f1 xl0: autoneg not complete, no carrier (forcing half-duplex, 10Mbps) Works like a charm > 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 xl driver works just fine. Groeten / Cheers, Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl _______________________ Powered by FreeBSD ___ http://www.freebsd.org _____ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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