Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 22:47:16 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is NE2000 network card OK? Message-ID: <199711200347.WAA00596@current.willscreek.com> In-Reply-To: <86199119@toto.iv>
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Dave Bodenstab wrote: > I just got an additional PC and I now want to network them on > the cheap. I see that ISA NE2000 compatible cards are selling > for under $20 and I was wondering if it would be a reasonable > way to go. This will be my first venture into the world of > networks, so... > > - is the NE2000 adequately supported? > - are there any drawbacks to this card? > - if the card claims that it supports the Novell drivers, > is it likely that the FreeBSD driver would support it > also? The card should work fine. The `ed' driver (the one you'll be using) seems pretty stable. For the last year or so, I've been using old SMC 10Base2 cards on FreeBSD (decidely *old* technology), and I haven't had one bit of trouble. In addition, we successfully used NE2000-compatible cards on FreeBSD boxen at my previous employer, and I don't recall any problems occurring that weren't related to faulty hardware. Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ The Roman Rule The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.
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