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 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809240853040.19418-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980924142924.1127A-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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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 http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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