From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Aug 18 19:34:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (overcee.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8844014FB5 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:34:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 563E61C1F; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 10:35:05 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Smith Cc: Chuck Robey , FreeBSD-Alpha Subject: Re: network cards In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:11:03 MST." <199908190211.TAA02613@dingo.cdrom.com> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 10:35:05 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <19990819023505.563E61C1F@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Smith wrote: > > I had just finished getting what I thought was the final piece of my new > > alpha system, when I realized I don't have a network card. I don't know > > if there are any compatibility problems with network cards and my > > PC164SX motherboard ... could someone recommend a good 10BaseT network > > card that works on that system? > > > > I like to avoid the cheapest, and for this, I don't need the best ... > > Thanks. > > I'd suggest eg. a Cnet Pro-110, which is based on the Asix chipset. > Most of Bill Paul's drivers work on the Alpha, and most of the cards > they support are in the $20-40 range. Watch out for the Intel Ether Express Pro 100's. Although the driver is listed as working, it doesn't (and they're not particularly cheap either). (it's the old virtual/physical problem where rman_get_virtual() returns a physical address rather than the mapping window and the kernel page faults) Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message