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From: Tim Hansen <thansen@americafirst.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Availability of *non* PnP ethernet card
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 02:29:42 -0400
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Marko Schuetz 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?
> 
> Marko

I just installed a 3com3c509 and disabled the PnP with the config disk. 
Format a dos diskette with startup files, boot you machine, put in the
3com disk and disable pnp and set the options (mem, irq, eisa or isa).

Tim