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From: "Steve Brown" <gtabug@prayforwind.com>
To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, <marcel-lists@virtua.ch>
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Subject: Re: What NIC to choose ?
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:50:05 -0500
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I found the D-Link DFE 530 TX to work fine, shows up as Via Rhine in dmesg.
After running Windows98 my box must be turned off before running FreeBSD,
not just re-booted. Else the car shows up with an ethernet address of 0's
and won't work. This had me pulling my hair out for a while, at first I
thought the card was not compatible.

You probably know this link, but just in case you dont:

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.4-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT

substitute your own release number

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To: "Marcel Prisi" <marcel-lists@virtua.ch>
Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: November 5, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: What NIC to choose ?


> [This question should be probably be posted to questions@ instead of
> stable@]
>
> Marcel Prisi wrote:
>
> >Hi all !
> >
> >After having loads of trouble with Intel Etherexpress, Netgear, and
others
> >NIC, what card REALLY work on FreeBSD ?
> >
> I've used Intel Etherexpress cards in a number of FreeBSD installations
(in fact,
> it's what I have in the machine I'm using now) with no problems. I have
heard of
> the "on board" Etherexpress causing trouble, so it might be a good idea to
avoid
> those.
> additionally, I've used all manner of 3com cards without problem.
>
> --
> Bill Moran
> Potential Technology
> http://www.potentialtech.com
>
>
>
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