Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 18:28:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Miten N. Mehta" <mnm3866@unix.tamu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3COM 3c900 TPO card and Free BSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970213182543.295I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970213174026.5332A-100000@mulder.tamu.edu>
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On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Miten N. Mehta wrote: > Can any one please tell me whether freeBSD has got the drivers for 3COM > 3c900 TPO ( 3COM etherlink XL ) cards or not? It does, but you don't want it. I had one of these cards, and they error on me constantly. They have a very small input buffer, and this is for a 10/100mbit card! :( Plus, this card runs in PIO (slower) mode since 3com won't give out the busmaster driver specs. I highly recommend picking up a Digital-based card, generally made by Kingston, Dayna, Digital, SMC, and others. Try to shoot for a 10mbit card only, the 10/100's are changing and the driver hasn't caught up yet. > And if yes, what does freeBSD call that device as? (like ep0 for 3COM 3c509) For reference it's called vx0. > " BE PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN " Your sig is longer than your message. You might consider trimming it. 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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