From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 10 10:57:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from heimlich.pdq.net (heimlich.pdq.net [204.145.251.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EC2E815154 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 10:56:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blitz@pdq.net) X-AirNote: 1 Received: from 56K-094.Max2.Spring.pdq.net [209.223.28.94-0] by pocahontas.pdq.net; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 12:54:32 -0500 Message-ID: <000701be837b$397c0e00$0b01a8c0@khaos.com> From: "Clay Smith" To: "Tony Byrne" Cc: "FreeBSD Stable" References: Subject: Re: network card installation Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 12:54:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here's what ended up happening. I tried out my Vision 10/100 card in the server and it detected it as the vr0 driver. That's great! However, I ended up buying 2 3com905TXs from my brother for 30 bucks a piece. They are brand new cards, and work wonderfully together on the network, however, I can't get the vision to work now with them. It's a VIA chipset, and as stated before uses the vr0 driver under freebsd. I have one 3com in my machine and in a win98 workstation. The vision card is in a second win98 workstation. Any suggestions? (the workstation with the vision is not able to ping either of the other two machines and vice versa) ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Byrne To: Clay Smith Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 9:23 AM Subject: Re: network card installation > > It is unlikely that the card will work under FreeBSD, unless the chipset > is pretty much fully compatible with one of the supported chipsets. > > As far as PCI is concerned, it is often easier to get cards > running than if they are ISA, which usually imposes either a DOS based > configuration utility or a set of jumpers on you. The correct drivers > for a given PCI card can also usually be detected by FreeBSD. Either way > you still have problem of ensuring that there is a suitable driver for > your card. > > Personally, I'd recommend steering well clear of the no name card, unless > you can get details of the chipset or unless it is so cheap that you're > willing to take a chance on it. > > As far as 3Com cards go, I'd have to say that I'm not overly impressed > with some of the drivers, especially the ones for the 3c905* cards. If > you want rock solid 100baseT operation then I recommend an Intel > Etherexpress Pro 100/10 card. I've been using these babies in FreeBSD > boxes for a few years and they have always behaved and performed well. > The price has come down a lot too, so they are pretty cheap for what you > get. > > Tony Byrne > tony@nua.ie > > > On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Clay Smith wrote: > > >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? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message