From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 16 7:56:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from nimitz.ca.sandia.gov (nimitz.ca.sandia.gov [146.246.243.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 249D037BB9C for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:56:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by nimitz.ca.sandia.gov (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e2GFuX133412; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:56:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003161556.e2GFuX133412@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1-cvs 10/15/1999 To: Christoph Kukulies Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FDDI cards in -current In-Reply-To: <200003160918.KAA08436@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> References: <200003160918.KAA08436@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Comments: In-reply-to Christoph Kukulies message dated "Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:18:34 +0100." From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) Reply-To: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV X-Face: g~c`.{#4q0"(V*b#g[i~rXgm*w;:nMfz%_RZLma)UgGN&=j`5vXoU^@n5v4:OO)c["!w)nD/!!~e4Sj7LiT'6*wZ83454H""lb{CC%T37O!!'S$S&D}sem7I[A 2V%N&+ X-Url: http://www.ca.sandia.gov/~bmah/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1327274238P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:56:33 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --==_Exmh_-1327274238P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > Planning a router between FDDI and Fast Ethernet I'm wondering > if I'm on the safe side when using FreeBSD 4.0-current for this project > rather than being more conservative and use an older version of the OS. You mean 4.0-stable, right? :-) My really touchy-feely opinion is that either way is probably going to be fine, but my machines are research platforms, not production routers. > What FDDI cards could be recommended? (There aren't many, though, I believe). Here's what's supported: fpa(4), fea(4) - Device Drivers for DEC FDDI Controllers fpa is a PCI card, fea is EISA. Bruce. --==_Exmh_-1327274238P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: f+z3sBMZrDkP/z0DEgBvtwWskjYA7RVF iQA/AwUBONEEMdjKMXFboFLDEQLY2gCfX+qHLcjQDOS/YcV1thT6JEU7e3gAn2Dr 6ybh8INZ6Wmdt3w57Aq3f0I8 =VeF7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1327274238P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message