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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!xmission!not-for-mail 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 Organization: AFCU Lines: 15 Message-ID: <33BF3B56.41C6@americafirst.com> References: <86pvt3m6ml.fsf@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.81.136.34 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; SCO_SV 3.2 i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44009 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