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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3com ethernet and FreeBSD 2.1.7 & 2.2.2
Date: 29 Jun 1997 17:14:32 GMT
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le@put.com (Louis Epstein) wrote:

> :   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.

They are, although the Inter Etherexpress Pro/100B would be better to
recommend.  3Com suffers from a rather crappy (chip) design.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)