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From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: which ethernet cards suppported?
Date: 13 Aug 1995 19:08:41 +0100
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Message-ID: <40lf39$4rc@palmer.demon.co.uk>
References: <40ig1m$r5l@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <jcaron-1308950151290001@modem2-08.planete.net>
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In article <jcaron-1308950151290001@modem2-08.planete.net>,
Jacques Caron <jcaron@pressimage.net> wrote:
>In article <40ig1m$r5l@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, saj@prairienet.org (Thomas D.
>Eudaly) wrote:
>
>>I am planning to install an ethernet NIC in my FreeBSD (1.1.5.1) computer.
^^^^^^^
>>I've noticed that many people have had problems with various
>>cards. Is there a database of cards that work with FreeBSD?
>>Is this included in the package somewhere? Thanks!
>
>From the "HARDWARE" file at the top of the dist:
>FreeBSD GENERIC kernel:
> Port IRQ DRQ IOMem Description
> ---- --- --- ----- ---------------------------------
>[...]
>de0 DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards
> (including 21140 100bT cards)
Err. This is the 2.0.5R support list (I know - I wrote the draft :-) )
(Dead giveaway - Fast Ethernet (100bTX) is a recent addition...)
Anyone have a 1.1.5.1 support list?
Gary