Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 14:06:25 -0700 (MST) From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.COM> Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 3COM 509 NICs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960225140431.9004A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> In-Reply-To: <199602251939.LAA04980@saguaro.flyingfox.com>
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Speaking of which, last night when playing with the kernel compile on my home test machine I saw that it said 3c509 ethernet card support is still buggy. I agree with this in that it only finds my 3c509 (the generic kernel) half the time when booting that machine. I was about to grab a 3c509 for my new server... a PCI card.. are the 3com PCI cards 3c509 or something else? On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Jim Shankland wrote: > > Narvi stands accused of saying: > > > A friend of mine wants to set up a FreeBSD box as a router > > > between 4 ethernets and planns to use 3COM 509 NICs. As I'm the > > > only one who has used FreeBSD round here, he asked me. So, can > > > anyone point out any troubles I will immedeately fall into? Will > > > the 3COM cards give any performance gains over NE2000 compatibles > > > (there is that unresolved reference to buggyness)? > > > > I'd be inclined to suggest NE2000's. PIO to/from the card notwithstanding, > > the ed driver is very efficient, and NE2000 clones are very cheap. > > > > Whilst I'm sure there are plenty of '509's out there working just fine, > > there have been enough unhappy stories about them that I'd be discouraged. > > Another data point: I have precisely this configuration (4 3C509's in > a FreeBSD box functioning as a router), and it has worked flawlessly. > We keep those 4 Ethernets pretty busy, too. > > Jim Shankland > Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc. >
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