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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!feed1.news.erols.com!news1.best.com!uninett.no!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5qlpic$47k@verdi.nethelp.no> References: <5qjnme$92t@mex.isi.edu> <33CDE672.7F91@pipeline.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: dole.uninett.no In-reply-to: Andre Oppermann's message of Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:31:30 +0200 Cache-Post-Path: dole.uninett.no!unknown@verdi.nethelp.no Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44573 [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