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Date:      Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:34:56 -0300
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tulio_Guimar=E3es_da_Silva?= <tuliogs@pgt.mpt.gov.br>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Any known problems with a 3C996B-T?
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Hi Ben,
   We have some of this card here at work, but we couldn=B4t test=B4em ye=
t=20
because the supposed host servers (HP DL380) didn=B4t recognize them. Tha=
t=20
seems to be a BIOS-related problem, though we=B4re using the newest one.
  Err, I guess this doesn=B4t help much, does it? :P Well, anyway, if you=
=20
use a ML380 you already know what to expect. ;)
  Have luck, :)

Tulio

Ben Stuyts wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I sent this originally to the -stable list, but maybe I will have =20
> better luck here:
>
> I am about to upgrade one of our servers (running 4-stable) with a =20
> 1000Base-T network card, and the 3Com 3C996B-T looks interesting. =20
> This is for a small office server (e-mail, files, printers, =20
> webserver) serving about 25 pc's running a variety of Win2K, FreeBSD =20
> and Mac OS X.
>
> I found some messages in the past indicating there were some problems =20
> with this card on FreeBSD. Are these problems solved? I also did not =20
> see this exact card in the hardware list, although the 3c996-SX and =20
> 3c996-T are mentioned.
>
> Otherwise, any recommendations?
>
> With kind regards,
> Ben


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