Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:21:10 -0500 From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> To: me@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: scot@poptart.org, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: 4-port ethernet cards for -stable? Message-ID: <19980219102110.62800@emu.sourcee.com> In-Reply-To: <199802191456.PAA15812@fourier.int.consol.de>; from Michael Elbel on Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 03:56:59PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980216171031.15275B-100000@uranus.planet-three.com> <199802191456.PAA15812@fourier.int.consol.de>
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On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 03:56:59PM +0100, Michael Elbel wrote: > In lists.freebsd.stable you write: > > >So the question is still how good the Adaptec cards are (because I can > >actually just order one of those) - or if there are any resellers of the > >Zynx cards (I'm UK based so its a tad more than 40 minutes to get to Zynx's > >offices ;-). > > >Cheers. > > We've had the same problem here, it's next to impossible to get a Znyx card > here in Germany - their sales people were very helpful but there's just a > single reseller here in Germany. We decided to try out the Adaptec Card and > it's working pretty well. The only thing is that with the current setup I > have to ifconfig the interface twice before the media type > (10BaseT/100BaseT) is auto detected for the Hub we're using. Setting the > media type manually doesn't work at all. The performance is pretty good tho > once the interfaces are up. > > Michael > -- > \|/ > -O- Michael Elbel, ConSol* GmbH, - mwe@consol.de - 089 / 45841-128 > /|\ Fermentation fault (coors dumped) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message Great news about the Adaptec card. Anything special about the double `ifconfig'? Does this eliminate the need to periodically use ifconfig to bring the interface down and up? Do you see any kernel: deX: link down: cable problem? messages? Perhaps I can put the Adaptec cards to use for something other than dust receptacles. ;-) -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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