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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!quagga.ru.ac.za!uct.ac.za!not-for-mail From: smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za (S Marquard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Does Cyclades work??? HELP ME PLEASE Date: 24 Jul 1996 08:08:34 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4t4el2$hqb@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> References: <postmaster-0807960506490001@206.65.200.5> <4sasal$3v8@pelican.unf.edu> <postmaster-2307961236080001@206.65.200.5> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucthpx.uct.ac.za X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) postmaster@mx.intermac.com writes: >In article <4sasal$3v8@pelican.unf.edu>, caddy@osprey.unf.edu (Cliff Addy) >wrote: >> As you can see, my whole experience with this has left me rather bitter. >> I feel Cyclades is doing a great disservice (if not flat-out lying) when >> they claim their stuff is FreeBSD compatible. >Oh NO! I just bought it without following up on my posting in this >newsgroup! $500 down the drain. Now, I only hope they give me a refund. >That snivelling sales man I talked to over the phone said that it has very >tight integration with FreeBSD and that the driver comes standard with the >kernel. Is this true? Yes. >But the FreeBSD handbook does recommend Cyclade cards. Can someone please >give me an idea whether this card will work? I bought two Cyclades Cyclom 16-Ye cards (the ISA 16-port card), and they both worked flawless at the default settings, after adding the cy driver line to the kernel file (as described in man cy), and recompiling the kernel. The PCI card (YeP) isn't yet supported in FreeBSD as far as I know however. Regards Stephen