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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!europa.clark.net!worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: "J.C. Archambeau" <n-xiv@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Availability of *non* PnP ethernet card Date: 1 Jul 1997 13:11:54 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 21 Message-ID: <01bc8621$2f431720$5dea93cf@thewall> References: <86pvt3m6ml.fsf@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.147.234.93 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43769 Marko Schuetz <marko@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote: > I am looking for a cheap ethernet card for my desktop > PC. Unfortunately, it seems all that is offered these days are PnP > ethernet cards. I assume I cannot use these with FreeBSD, set IRQ, > memory base etc. Does anyone of a place selling inexpensive ethernet > cards that have good old jumpers on them? There are ways to get them to work. With most of your current generation NICs you disable PnP via the configuration diskette that comes with the card and set the IRQ, port, etc. from the same utility. WinNT doesn't support PnP that well either which is why NIC's should be able to do it both ways. I know that the 3Com cards will work this way along with any of your generic DEC 21140 based. I suspect that SMC cards will work just as well. JCA -- n-xiv@worldnet.att.net