From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Dec 10 00:46:19 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA28555 for mobile-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:46:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA28535; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:46:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id TAA15232; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:09:44 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612100839.TAA15232@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: need help with a PC CARD NE2000 clone... In-Reply-To: <199612100824.AAA00864@precipice.shockwave.com> from Paul Traina at "Dec 10, 96 00:24:52 am" To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:09:43 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Andrew.Gordon@net-tel.co.uk, nate@freebsd.org, mobile@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Paul Traina stands accused of saying: > > I can assue you that the Accton EN2216 card _does_ work, and it shouldn't > bust the bank. Accton should be available in your neck of the woods. > > Yes, I saw them, and disregarded them because I didn't want to get stung > by another dinky vendor. However, the only problem is getting support, so > if it already works, then I'm golden. Yup. I've beaten on the one here for the last 6 months or so, and we bought a few more to go with some more systems less than three weeks ago, so I'm confident that they work OK. > I have yet to see anyone say they have the combo-ether/modem card working, > so I'm thinking of just doing a Megahertz modem card. There are problems with sharing interrupts on a single card; you would definitely require more hackery. 8( -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[