Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:54:03 -0700 () From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable Modems and FreeBSD Question Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.980818125154.-66801A-100000@direct-source.com.direct-source.com> In-Reply-To: <199808180549.WAA14916@marshotel.coapt.com>
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> >2) What do you guys think about those cheap NE2000 compatible boards that > >you can get from the Computer Shows? They any good? I've looked at a few > >of those boards and I noticed that none of the boards I looked at had > > I have a few jumperless ne2000s in my machines at home, they're certainly > more work to set up than a PCI net card, but still pretty straightforward. > Boot with a dos floppy, run their dos based config proggy, set up the > IRQ/addresses (I lean towards irq10 address 0x300), save it, then boot to > FreeBSD. Set the kernel up with the IRQs you set with the software, and > you're done... (and stash the floppy in a safe place, as you'll need it > again) If this sounds like a pain, I'd spend the extra $20 and get PCI, > they're much easier. I think you'll have a hard time finding jumpered network cards anymore. I use Kingstons in everything I build and use, with no problems so far. Plus, they work pretty darn well under other operating systems too. Heck, I don't even have to set them up with a boot disk or anything, plug in and start installing FreeBSD. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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