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From: lepslog@j51.com (Louis Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendations? (was: Re: Linux network code vs. FreeBSD)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 19:08:09 GMT
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Peter Seibel (seibel@mojones.com) wrote:
: In article <49n0ma$38v@hudson.lm.com> Peter Berger, peterb@psc.edu writes:
: >Agreed.  The 3c509 is one of the best ISA ethernet cards available,
: >and shines under BSDI.  I have one in my FreeBSD box, but haven't hooked
: >it up to a LAN yet :-}.
: >What he probably meant to say was "FreeBSD's 3c509 driver is buggy."
: >(according to the release notes)

: So given that, can anyone recommend an ethernet card to go in the Pentium I'm
: about to buy and use as a web server, running FreeBSD.

I'm having trouble right now trying to FTP-install over a 3C509...