Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:49:47 -0700 (PDT) From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@speakeasy.org> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just got my DSL today...Problem Solved! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004201945450.1061-100000@mammalia.sea> In-Reply-To: <87ln28evg1.fsf@tea.thpoon.com>
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On 20 Apr 2000, Arcady Genkin wrote: > R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@speakeasy.org> writes: > > > I just spent about 2 1/2 hours in windows trying to get the card to work > > using downloaded drivers. I've concluded that tomorrow I'll go buy a well > > known, well supported one. Any recommendations? Preferrably cheap. > > The funny part is that an el-cheapo ISA NE2000 card is all you would > need for a DSL connection. When I had my DSL, the downstream was 1Mbs, > while an ne2k allows for 10Mbs. My advice is to buy one of those with > drivers and documentation, and you will get it working in no time. > > If you want to get something better, Intel EtherExpress 100+ is > reportedly one of the best cards on the market. D-Link DFE-530TX (not > TX+) is also a good deal for a 100Mbps. It uses via-rhine chip and is > *very* cheap. > > But, again, for what you doing really any working card would > do. RealTek 8139 - chip based cards are very cheap, and are a > no-brainer to configure, since they are PCI cards. > > Check the manpages for fxp, vr, and rl. ;^) > -- Thanks everyone for all your help. I went into LINT and made a list of all supported cards. Then I took it to the local used PC store and found one that was on the list. I ended up with a 3com 3c900 PCI card. That made all the difference in the world, I'm happy to say. I just downloaded RealPlayer7 in just over two minutes! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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