Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:00:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Peter Pinto <pinto@dss.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PCMCIA Ethernet Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970304175935.22528G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <331C6CA8.6815@dss.com>
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On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Peter Pinto wrote: > Hi, > > I think FreeBSD is great. I'm new to Unix, and I've installed it on a > Toshiba laptop - so I can play with it anywhere. > > I do have one problem, though. I can't figure out how to get my Simple > Technologies PCMCIA ethernet adapter working with the OS. FreeBSD doesn't support this by default, but you might try the PAO package, avaliable at http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO. This is an excellent PCCARD support system that has great docs and works very nicely. > I've also installed on a Compaq Deskpro with a Compaq (no so intuitively > built on the motherboard) NetFlex 3 adapter. This card, also, appears > not to work. That I don't expect to work. Compaq's tend to have proprietary (ie, requires Winblows drivers) hardware, even the modems. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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