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From: geertj@solair1.inter.NL.net (Geert Jan de Groot)
Subject: Re: 3COM 3c595 or 3c905?
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 16:50:49 GMT
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joe@spice.com (Joseph Doo) writes:

>My 3COM suppliers says that 3c595 (10/100 PCI ethernet card) is
>phased out and the new replacement model is 3c905. 

>I need one 10/100 PCI ethernet card that can flawlessly work
>on BSDI 2.1.

The 3C905 isn't supported, but the chip specs look quite
promising. I can't tell if it will be supported in the future.

The 3C595 is supported (please install patch K210-015..) but
unfortunately does not perform very well on 100mbps.

If 100mbps is a requirement, I'd choose a 21140-based card instead.

Geert Jan