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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: 3com ethernet and FreeBSD 2.1.7 & 2.2.2
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:00:05 GMT
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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.