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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: 3com ethernet and FreeBSD 2.1.7 & 2.2.2 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Complaints-To: Email abuse@news2.new-york.net if this posting is inappropriate Lines: 12 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <ECG1w5.3tx@nonexistent.com> References: <33b2bd72.1192804@news> X-Trace: 867430802 29467 le [165.254.191.2] X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:00:05 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43641 Trey (rhyde@uclink4.berkeley.edu) wrote: : Ok, I've been searching long and hard for a PCI ethernet card : supported by FreeBSD. I've found numerous offerings from 3com but : they arn't listed as supported. ie 3c900 and 3c905. Are they : supported but just not listed? Also the intel cards seem to be : cheaper and offer 100mbit. Am I safe with going with Intel? I have : 2.1.7 installed from a CD and will be doing a FTP install of 2.2.2 : after I buy a card. The only PCI cards I can consistantly find in : stores are the above mentioned 3com cards and numerous Intel : etherexpress cards. Recomendations? The HARDWARE.TXT for 2.2.2 DOES mention the 3c9xx.