From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 5 10:32:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA18202 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:32:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA18196 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:32:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA11904; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:32:20 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:32:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Pawel Wezgowiec cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <9606051210.AA06605@mim> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Pawel Wezgowiec wrote: > I have to put two Ethernet cards into a PC box (P133 or 166 and 32 MB RAM) > but I don't know which ones have _really_ stable drivers. The de0 - supported cards (DEC 21x4x) are very stable, AFAIK. And if you get desperate the ed0 (ne2000) driver is well-tested. > One of them would be connected to a hub with a RJ45 cable. No problem. The drivers are independent of the link type for the most part. Some cards require a -linkx parameter to decide which one to select, but other than that they don't give a darn. > Since the rest of the LAN (win 3.11) will be connected with SMC > (though I don't know really which type to choose), I think another SMC > would be OK. (am I right - and are the drivers stable for all the types?) SMC, as in SMC manufactured cards? They're generally OK. An SMC is supported under the de0, I think it's the EtherPower? Or something like that. > The problem is the second card. Since this server will be serving as a router, > it _must_ be connected to a transceiver - AUI/Fiber Optic. Is there any > card with the AUI interface supported by FreeBSD (I think of no particular > release - it's only supposed to be stable) and perhaps at a reasonable price ;-) Again, the link type doesn't influence the driver. All you need is a card with the appropriate interface. AUI cards shouldn't be a problem to find. > And the last question: It would be probably better to use PCI cards, but > not necessarily both cards should be PCI ones. > And the question: which one works well? PCI cards would give you better performance, and in your case where it looks like you're running a agteway, that would be useful. They also auto-configure their IRQ and port address since they're PCI. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major