From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 6 11:52:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA12614 for stable-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:52:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA12604 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:52:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA00567; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 06:14:21 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802071414.GAA00567@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: chad@dcfinc.com cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCMIA ethernet cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Feb 1998 22:37:18 MST." <199802060537.WAA20108@freebie.dcfinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 06:14:19 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe stable" > Anyone doing (modem at home)/(ethernet at work) communications on a > FreeBSD notebook? If so, what Ethernet card are you using? Lots of people swear by the 3com 3c589. I generally swear *at* them, partly because they're hideously expensive, and partly because they cause about 90% of our support grief. Personally, I would recommend going with an NE2000-compatible card from someone like Danpex or Accton. Don't buy an SVEC card, as they appear to be extremely non-NE2000 compatible (lock-your-machine-solid non-compatible, in fact). There are other, similar cards that people have had good results with. Expect to pay maybe $70-100 for one of these. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\