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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 08:56:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
cc: "Denis V. Okhrimenko" <denox@dubai.iate.obninsk.ru>, faq@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: FAQ about 100MBit network card support
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On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Konrad Heuer wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Denis V. Okhrimenko wrote:
> 
> > Can  FreeBSD  v.2.2.5  support  100MBit network card and if so, how it
> > works?
> 
> FreeBSD does - just decide for a supported card and build a custom kernel. 
> I use for example a 3Com 3C905 card on fast ethernet w/ 2.2.1-R.
> 
> Ok, I had to select 100 MBit/s manually per DOS floppy boot and 3Com DOS
> utitlity floppy. But as far as I know 10/100BaseT ist automatically
> recognized by the de0 driver for DEC21140 based cards.

Yes, the de driver will autodetect on cards that support it.  Same for the
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100[B+] series.  We just cut over half our house 
to 100Mbit yesterday and my cards had no problems.

The new driver for the 3com PCI series in -CURRENT also supports
autodetection for cards that support it.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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