From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Apr 9 16:32:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cerebus.nectar.com (nectar-gw.nectar.com [204.0.249.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4903815047 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:32:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nectar@nectar.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by cerebus.nectar.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA21253; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:30:31 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nectar@nectar.com) Received: from spawn.nectar.com(10.0.0.101) by cerebus.nectar.com via smap (V2.1) id xma021251; Fri, 9 Apr 99 18:30:06 -0500 Received: from spawn.nectar.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spawn.nectar.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA45420; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:28:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nectar@spawn.nectar.com) Message-Id: <199904092328.SAA45420@spawn.nectar.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 X-Exmh-Isig-CompType: repl X-Exmh-Isig-Folder: lists/freebsd X-PGP-RSAfprint: 00 F9 E6 A2 C5 4D 0A 76 26 8B 8B 57 73 D0 DE EE X-PGP-RSAkey: http://www.nectar.com/nectar-rsa.txt X-PGP-DSSfprint: AB2F 8D71 A4F4 467D 352E 8A41 5D79 22E4 71A2 8C73 X-PGP-DHfprint: 2D50 12E5 AB38 60BA AF4B 0778 7242 4460 1C32 F6B1 X-PGP-DH-DSSkey: http://www.nectar.com/nectar-dh-dss.txt From: Jacques Vidrine In-reply-to: <000a01be82ac$fbfe85e0$0b01a8c0@khaos.com> References: <000a01be82ac$fbfe85e0$0b01a8c0@khaos.com> Subject: Re: network card installation Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: "Clay Smith" Cc: "FreeBSD Stable" Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 18:28:52 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm about to go purchase an off the wall brand pci 10/100 network card. > I don't know what brand the chipset is or anything, and it is doubtful > that it has unix drivers. I am under the impression that with a pci > card, I don't have to worry about network card drivers. Is this true? > Or should I spend an extra 30 bucks and get a 3com? Your impression is completely erroneous. Be sure that if you want to use your card with FreeBSD, that it is one that is currently supported. Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message