From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 12 06:06:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA15926 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 06:06:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from itsdsv1.enc.edu (itsdsv1.enc.edu [199.93.252.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA15919 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 06:06:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from owensc@localhost) by itsdsv1.enc.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) id JAA06696; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:06:25 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 09:06:25 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Owens To: questions list FreeBSD Subject: Re: which PCI Ethernet card ? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith said on Tue, 12 Mar 1996: > Several. The current version of the handbook lists about ten modls; > if you're going to be installing 2.1R via a network you'll want something > based on the DEC DC2104x chipset; the SMC Etherpower PCI cards are a > good buy; Accton have cards based on this chipset as do a number of other > vendors. (Don't buy the Compex cards, they're currently not supported). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ummmm... how do you mean? I've been using the Compex ENET32/PCI card (DC21040 based) in two of my servers for the past 6 months with good results. Is there some reason why it shouldn't be working? Or perhaps you mean a different Compex model? Incidentally, in a July 1995 review of 10-Mbit PCI NICs in "Network Computing" this card tied the 3Com EtherLink III PCI for first place! --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Owens Email: owensc@enc.edu "I read somewhere to learn is to Information Technology Services remember... and I've learned that Eastern Nazarene College we've all forgot..." - King's X -------------------------------------------------------------------------