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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!sverige.pengar.com!user From: chad@pengar.com (Chad Leigh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PCI ethernet adapters? Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:36:05 -0600 Organization: Pengar Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <chad-1810962136050001@sverige.pengar.com> References: <326590e8.1099382@news.together.net> <3267FE04.4C51@ase.telerate.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sverige.pengar.com In article <3267FE04.4C51@ase.telerate.com>, Jim King <jim@ase.telerate.com> wrote: > > I'm looking to use a network card other than an NE2000-compatible > > 16-bit ISA card. Anyone had any success with particular PCI NICs? > > Kingston has an EtheRx PCI NIC that is quite inexpensive, and I've had > > lots of success with Kingston cards (in other operating systems) and > > like them a lot. So if there's support for this particular card, I'd > > be interested, otherwise any PCI NIC success stories welcome :) > > Cards based on the DEC 21040-series chips seem very popular around > here. At the office I have an SMC EtherPower PCI, using the 21041; I > think the office paid about $150. At home I have a LinkSys card (can't > remember the model); it uses the same chip as the SMC and cost me just > under $100. Both cards work fine under FreeBSD 2.1.5, DOS 6.22 (various > drivers), Windows 95, and Windows NT. > The Kingston EtherRx is based on this series chip and is in the mid $50s for a combo card and ess for 10bT only. Works fine for me with FreeBSD in a Cyrix based PC and in a Bebox. Chad