Subject: Re: DEC hardware question
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Bert Kiers <kiers@original.xs4all.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/18/2002 17:44:17
On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 08:37:02AM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:28:52AM -0400, Robert Manna wrote:
>
> > Can anybody tell me the make and model of a 10/100 NIC that would work in an
> > AlphaStation 200(4/166) running NetBSD? It can be either PCI or ISA, I
> > don't care. I just want to know if I can get a second faster NIC in my
> > machine.
>
> Most 10/100 Ethernet controllers should work with NetBSD/alpha. A 3Com
> 3c905 or one of the DP83815-based cards would be a good choice (like the
> NetGear FA311 or FA312).
IIRC, if you want to boot from it, you need one of the Digital 21040-, 21041-, 21140-, 21140A-, 21142-, and 21143-based cards. (But you said 'second', so that is probably not an issue.)
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