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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news.crocker.com!wizard.pn.com!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!napoleon.dbeach.com.!usenet From: David Albany <hanz@mail.dbeach.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD has no support for ethernet cards Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 23:22:11 -0700 Organization: Go East ... Go West ... FreeBSD is the Best Lines: 56 Message-ID: <31FB0713.1B8C@mail.dbeach.com> References: <31FA8D63.38928091@intercom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dbmd054.dbeach.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) dws wrote: > > We just got some Intel boxes at a great price for the office, and at the urging of a FreeBSD > developer, we put FreeBSD on one of the machines. However, I have put 3 ethernet cards in and > none of them have worked. I know this is a FreeBSD problem because I have seen discussions of > how one of the cards was not supported in the freebsd mailing list, or at least, many people were > not getting it to work. > > The cards I have are an > > Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 LAN Adapter PCI (no support) > Trendnet 16-bit TE-16 Xpress (NE-2000 compatible) (no support) > and a 3com Etherlink III 3C5098-TP rev. A > > The last card works for a time frame, but it seems to not like the idea of having too much data > flowing out of the computer. If I ping flood a host, or open up a telnet/X-windows etc. session, > soon it will just stop transmitting. If I take it down with ifconfig, and up again, it starts > working again. > > I've never had such troubles with my Linux machines (or MS Windows). I'm probably going to > format the FreeBSD and put Linux on top of it. > > dws > > -- > 10 Megs/sec World Wide Web Hosting - Intercom Online http://www.intercom.com > web hosting, dedicated servers, co-location, ISDN, T-1 > Wall Street Web Farm - http://www.intercom.com/webfarm.htm > Have your own dedicated server on our ethernet get hit at 10 Megs a second! When I came to the US several years ago I did not speak English, so I had to learn it. The reason I am telling you this is beacause I remember that when you add an s (as in cards) to end of the word, you mean plural. And when you say FreeBSD has no support for ethernet cards, you mean it does not support ethernet cards period (Correct me guys if I am wrong), because you did not specify any one in particular, but meant them all. Allow me to tell you somthing sir, FreeBSD has no support for all the hardware out there, but that does not mean it has no support for any hardware. It just means that you have to choose the hardware that works. That does not in any way imply that it has a problem, since ALL OSs do not support ALL the hardware available (That is true even with your precious Linux or the Magnificent MS------S). The problem sir, lies with you and you can solve it very easily. Learn English and read the Hardware Compatibility Sheet. A simpler way, is to call Walnut Creek and ask for a refund (if they refuse because your stupidity does not imply a defect in their product ((which would be understandable on their part)), then drop me a piece of mail and I will buy it from you for what you paid for it, because we do not need garbage like you in our community). Dave