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From: sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 4-port ethernet cards
Date: 17 Jul 1997 18:50:51 GMT
Organization: Nethelp Consulting, Trondheim, Norway
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[Andre Oppermann]

|   > I am interested in whether there are any multiport 10/100 ethernet
|   > cards for FreeBSD.  I know that Adaptec has the Cogent Quartet
|   > 10/100 ethernet card with 4 ports.  Is this card supported by FreeBSD?
|   > The Adaptec home page mentions that the card uses a DEC chip, but it
|   > is not clear whether it will run under FreeBSD.  Any information you
|   > can provide would be appreciate.
|   
|   I'm using the Cogent Quartet 10Mbit without any problems. But you have
|   to take care of your BIOS -> it must support PCI bridges (I'm using
|   AWARD
|   BIOS v4.51PG). I think the 100Mbit version will also work fine, but
|   I've seen some troubles with it in 10Mbit mode (bug in the 'de'
|   driver?).

The SMC 9332BDT dual 100 Mbps card works fine:

Probing for devices on PCI bus 3:
de6 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32 int a irq 11 on pci3:4
de6: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
de6: address 00:00:c0:cd:8d:ef
de7 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 32 int a irq 11 on pci3:5
de7: SMC 9332BDT 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.0
de7: address 00:00:c0:cc:8d:ef

If you buy an SMC card, you need to verify that it's still using the
21140 chip - at least for the 10 Mbps cards, SMC has started using a
non-DEC chip.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no