From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 3 23:36:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com (tan7.ncr.com [192.127.94.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F298437B403 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:36:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f546dL653095; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:39:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:39:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Chuck Rouillard To: Doug Barton Cc: Chris Herchenrader , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" , "Jeannie P (E-mail)" Subject: Re: Question About FreeBSD Version 2.2.2 Compatibility In-Reply-To: <3B1B2157.EF6B9891@DougBarton.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Doug Barton wrote: > Chris Herchenrader wrote: > > > > Dear Sir, > > > > I am running FreeBSD Version 2.2.2 and I need to buy a new network card for > > my computer. > > I don't think you're likely to get an answer, that version of freebsd is > way too old. You're much better off upgrading to 4.3-Release and checking > the hardware compatibility list on the website. [snip] You *could* grab a copy of the Release Notes for 2.2.2 (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/) and wander around the NIC section of your favorite hardware store. There may be some import NICs still using the DEC-based chip sets. "NE2000 compatible" may also be lingering about. I believe most of the other cards, if they're around at all, have changed in ways that won't work with the 2.2.2 drivers. .cr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message