Subject: Ethernet support -- newbie question.
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: None <oinkfreebiker@att.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/06/2001 16:05:09
Newbie dumb question...
When the page at www.netbsd.org/Hardware/pci.html says
that NetBSD supports this network interface card...
3Com 3c90x[BC]
...does that mean that it includes all these 3Com
ethernet cards under that same umbrella?...
3C905CTXM
3C905BTXNM
3C905TX
3C900TPO
3C900BTPO
3C905CTXMOEM
3C905BFXSC
3C905BTX
3C900COMBO
3C900BCOMBO
3C905BCOMBO
3C900BFLST
...and is it similar with the other ?????x part numbers?
Why I ask:
I am thinking that I want to set up a small home network
cobbled together out of cheap used computers (for
puruposes of self-education on NetBSD) and will be having
to spend some money toward that end. The NetBSD Firewall
project sounds intriguing, etc...
But I want to make sure and get "the right stuff". Does
anybody have happy experiences with a particular Ethernet
card which they heartily recommend? That is, the exact
model number to order by, etc?
Thanks,
Gan Starling
Kalamazoo MI
PS -- My experiences with NetBSD on the IBM Thinkpad 380Z
I purchased used from Peter Seebach has, so far, been
encourging. I have yet to break NetBSD seriously enough
to require a re-install. I've lost count of the
re-installs I've had to do for Win98...
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