From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 19 18:55:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA29424 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:55:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from luke.cpl.net (luke.cpl.net [207.67.172.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA29416 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:55:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shawn@luke.cpl.net) Received: from localhost (shawn@localhost) by luke.cpl.net (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA03310; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:54:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 18:54:39 -0800 (PST) From: Shawn Ramsey To: Dave Bodenstab cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK? In-Reply-To: <199711192319.RAA05522@imdave.pr.mcs.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I just got an additional PC and I now want to network them on > the cheap. I see that ISA NE2000 compatible cards are selling > for under $20 and I was wondering if it would be a reasonable > way to go. This will be my first venture into the world of > networks, so... > > - is the NE2000 adequately supported? > - are there any drawbacks to this card? > - if the card claims that it supports the Novell drivers, > is it likely that the FreeBSD driver would support it > also? NE2000 cards are supported fine, just don't be surprised when it dies a few months down the road. Which they DO, its happened many times to me. Also, just because a card has Novell drivers doesnt mean it will work with FreeBSD. All NE2000 cards work with FreeBSD, although I believe you need to turn the plug and pray off. (especially on ISA cards)