Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:09:09 -0700 From: "george vagner" <kf7nn1@cybertrails.com> To: <cjclark@home.com>, <N8uReStorm@aol.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Question about Intel Networking Card Message-ID: <000d01bea33f$ad067020$0300a8c0@ginger.kf7nn.com> In-Reply-To: <199905210401.AAA20636@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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the last time the ether express 16 isa 10mb version worked for me was 2.2.2 after that it just would not work although it said it was working. ping forever..... i am now using the fxp0 device on a pci bus and it works great. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Crist J. Clark > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 9:02 PM > To: N8uReStorm@aol.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Question about Intel Networking Card > > > N8uReStorm@aol.com wrote, > > I am running FreeBSD 3.1 on a 486 100 Mhz computer. The system > is older and > > only has ISA slots, but I have to put it on a 100 Mbit Network. > So I checked > > the FreeBSD Hardware Compatibility Listing, and it listed "Intel > > EtherExpress" under supported cards. I just ordered the "Intel > EtherExpress > > PRO/100" ISA networking card > > (http://www.intel.com/network/products/pro100tx_isa.htm), but I > was wondering > > how I would get this card to work with FreeBSD and what > interface it might > > use (fxp0, or something of the like). Thank you for your time. > > The fxp device is PCI. The ISA EtherExpress Pro/10* cards use the ex > driver. I am not sure how it does (or does not) work with the > Pro/100. See 'man 4 ex' for some more info. Possibly do some more web > searching at the site or mail archives to answer your question. It has > come up before, but I cannot recall the answer. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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