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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!catseye.bluemarble.net!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!hyperion.wright.edu!news.wright.edu!usenet From: jmeyers@nostromo.wright.edu (John Meyers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Recommend a PCI ethernet card? Date: 16 Mar 1996 04:32:11 GMT Organization: Wright State University Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4idg8b$8e3@mercury.wright.edu> References: <4i4sa2$etg@newdelph.cig.mot.com> <4i60u0$arb@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dup152034.wright.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 In article <4i60u0$arb@uriah.heep.sax.de>, j@uriah.heep.sax.de says... >> Can anybody suggest a card that will work well with FreeBSD and which is >> currently available? The devices listed in the hardware guide/FAQ are >> not specific as to model. > The SMC EtherPower Combo 10Mb sells for $149.00 at CompUSA. This is based on the DEC-21040 chipset. I've found this board to work quite well under NetBSD/FreeBSD, however SMC dos-based ODI drivers are a bit weak if you're also accessing a Novell network. Serious problems putting the board into promiscuous mode under dos (but no known problems so far under unix). John Meyers Systems Programmer Wright State University E-Mail: jmeyers@nostromo.wright.edu