Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:51:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Richard Johnson <raj@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing using 3COM Etherlink III PCMCIA card Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970327115033.354S-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703250150.RAA02855@raj.cisco.com>
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On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, Richard Johnson wrote: > I figured I should write back to let everyone know what happened with > my problems with ethernet cards on my AST Ascentia P50. > > I had originally puchased a 3COM Etherlink III PCMCIA card but when > that didn't seem to work I immediately purchased an IBM Ethernet II > card. That didn't work either. Finally I got a message from Doug > White saying I should look at the PAO package. That worked just > perfectly with the IBM card but had a rather low throughput (like, > about 6Kbps). I then tried the same package with the 3COM card and it > worked wonderfully! The throughput is great. So... I'm going to > send back the IBM card and keep the 3COM card. (As a side note, I > believe it was Doug White who mentioned that the 3C589D rev. card is > not supported. Well... It's supported using the latest PAO package > just fine!) Thanks for the update! I'll keep the 5c589D note in mind for PAO. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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