From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 2 07:52:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA22532 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 07:52:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from radford.i-plus.net (root@Radford.i-Plus.net [206.99.237.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA22527 for ; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 07:52:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abyss (pitlord@Abyss.i-plus.net [206.99.237.44]) by radford.i-plus.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA23753; Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:51:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706021451.KAA23753@radford.i-plus.net> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.0544.0 From: "Troy Settle" To: , Subject: Re: RTL8029 ??? Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:52:13 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.0544.0 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From: deccp7f8@ibmmail.com >Dear Sirs, >just one question about compatible ethernet cards : >I?m running FreeBSD 2.1.5 as a WebServer and now I?m trying >to connect some local clients to the server via a >LanTech PCI-Net/32 CT ethernet card which works with a >Realtek RTL8029 chipset, but FreeBSD can?t handle the card. >Is there a solution, like a new driver, recommended kernel >patch or something like this ... ? >For your answer thanks a lot in advance ... Dirk: If that card is your only choice, you'll need to upgrade to 2.2.x, as the ed0 pci driver has only recently been introduced (at least support for that card) -- Troy Settle Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net