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From: ridgway@oknet.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: KINGSTON - EtheRx PCI Ethernet Adapter
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 19:40:28 GMT
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cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) wrote:

>On stardate 20 Aug 1996 03:20:11 GMT, hoopla@mx.intermac.com (IMAC)
>sent holographic email and wrote:

>>Does anybody know whether this PCI Ethernet card is compatible with BSDI
>>v2.1?

>>KINGSTON - EtheRx PCI 10BASE-T/2  Ethernet Adapter 


> All the devices that are compatible with BSDI are listed in your
>manual. If its not there, assume its not supported - safer to buy
>hardware that WORKS and will ALLWAYS work, insdead of something that
>may or maynot work right?
>,..............................................,
>|               Lance Cavener                  | 
>|            cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca              |
>|            cavenerl@novacon.com      	       |

I just happen to have that exact board in my BSDI box and I have had
ZERO problems with it. It has a Digital chipset on it and BSDI will
recognize it as a de0 interface. It's fast too!!

Roger Ridgway
Sr. Vice President - OKNET Internet Services