Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:28:50 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: rjs@asd.banctec.com (Ron Steele) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FDDI Support Message-ID: <199604252228.PAA25592@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.960425095847.8093G-100000@lager.asd.banctec.com> from "Ron Steele" at Apr 25, 96 10:06:27 am
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> We want to set a FreeBSD system to talk to an HP server over FDDI. > Are there any other FDDI NIC's supported by FreeBSD, other than those > mentioned in the DEC devices mentioned in the handbook? No. No one has written drivers for cards other than DEC. The DEC drivers were written by a DEC employee (hint: strong DEC brand loyalty has resulted). 8-). > Since no one here knows much about FDDI, any pointers or guidelines > for doing this would be appreciated. This configuration is to be used > primarily to test the performace of the HP server application software, > with FreeBSD being used as a data pump. I believe the handbook has a pointer to the author of the DEC driver's benchmark page. This would probably be useful to you. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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