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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!lkg.dec.com!thomas From: thomas@lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Ethernet driver for Cogent quartet boards? Date: 4 Aug 1995 19:53:56 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 25 Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vttsk$6t5@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <justinznamxxzn2olu@virtue.vide.coventry.ac.uk> Reply-To: thomas@lkg.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: netrix.enet.dec.com X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-30 In article <justinznamxxzn2olu@virtue.vide.coventry.ac.uk>, justin@vide.coventry.ac.uk (Justin Murdock) writes: |>I'm looking at getting the Cogent EM964TP Quartet Ethernet adapter. |> |>It seems to based on 4 digital 21040-AA units (from squinting at the |>glossy photo) I never had my hands on but from some reports I've had Cogent does something strange and my driver doesn't like. I have a ZX314 coming courtesy of Znyx (kudos to Znyx) so I should be able to get that one running. |>Do the neccessary drivers exist, if not, how adaptable are the |>existing drivers (I guess the de stuff would be a good starting point) SMC has the EtherPower^2 which has 2 DC21040s which works fine with my de driver. FWIW, I've has 10 Ethernet ports and one FDDI port in a 4 slot PCI machine (4 + 4 + 2). -- Matt Thomas Internet: thomas@lkg.dec.com U*X Networking WWW URL: http://ftp.dec.com/%7Ethomas/ Digital Equipment Corporation Disclaimer: This message reflects my Littleton, MA own warped views, etc.