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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!spcuna!tzlink.j51.com!j51.com!lepslog 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 Organization: TZ-Link, a public-access online community in Nyack, NY. Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <49vgup$81n@tzlink.j51.com> References: <492rq6$r6g@uriah.heep.sax.de> <49k85b$q51@vanbc.wimsey.com> <49jqhr$ili@uriah.heep.sax.de> <49n0ma$38v@hudson.lm.com> <49o2k9$4fi@kadath.zeitgeist.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: j51.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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...