Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:30:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Brent Wiese <brently@bjwcs.com> Cc: Fatbob <fatbob@charon.gothic.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: PCI NICs that use the DEC Tulip driver? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006111830230.26594-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <NCBBKKDLIJJHDHOPKJMPGEJMEHAA.brently@bjwcs.com>
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That's odd, my kingston KNE100TX works fine. I must have bought mine before they stopped using the older DEC version of this chip ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best NT upgrade | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Brent Wiese wrote: > > > > My question is ... can someone recommend PCI 10/100 NICs that > > use the DEC > > > Tulip driver (the 'de' interface), are still available, and > > will work with > > > the 21040 driver under FreeBSD-2.1.0? I'm not picky as to model (SMC, > > > Linksys, DEC, etc.) - I just need to find one that works. > > > > I believe the Kingston 100TX use this chip. I know for a fact they > > use the de driver though. > > > > > > Rick > > The Kingston cards are a newer Intel version of this chip. I've found them > to be a bit flaky w/ the de driver. If its low traffic you'll probably be > ok. > > When Intel bought DEC, they discontinued this chip, which is too bad because > it rocks. > > The old Netgear cards used this chip. You might be able to find one on an > auction or something. > > Cheers, > Brent > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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