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From: rdeiriar@enlaces (Roberto de Iriarte)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3com ethernet and FreeBSD 2.1.7 & 2.2.2
Date: 8 Jul 1997 14:29:24 GMT
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Louis Epstein (le@put.com) wrote:
: 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.

From my dmesg

vx0 <3COM 3C905 Fast Etherlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci0:10

Works flawlessly so far in 10 mbit mode. (No FAST switches here .... :))

							Regards
							Roberto