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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Sat Aug 12 03:02:40 1995
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 03:02:19 -0400
To: ford@netdoor.com (Donna Ford)
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
> I am a freshman who will soon be ordering a network card. I know all the
> MIT people recomend the 3Com 2C509. That's an ISA Card, and I'd really
^^^^^^^
3C509?
^
> rather get a PCI (faster, and keep an open ISA slot in case I ever need
> something that doesn't come in PCI). Do you konw if the 3Com590 (that's the
> same thing as the 509, but PCI) will work with NetBSD?
NetBSD doesn't currently supported the 590 natively. The 590 has a 509
emulation mode which will work. While this is expected to change in the
future...
> If not, are there any PCI network cards that either will like?
...NetBSD-current supports the SMC PCI EtherPower card (SMC 8432). We
(the SIPB) just got a PCI machine with one of these, and it seems to
work fine. SMC is generally considered more reliable than 3comm amongst
the NetBSD community...
> What about with Slackware Linux (what I'm running now)?
Couldn't tell 'ya. You could check with <linux-help@mit.edu>...
--jhawk@mit.edu
John Hawkinson
