[Sheflug] PCI NICs

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Answering my own posts again...

>>>>> "Barrie" == Barrie Bremner <baz [at] barriebremner.com> writes:

    Barrie> I'm looking to get a few 10/100 PCI NICs - they must be
    Barrie> supported under both Linux and FreeBSD.

    Barrie> I'd prefer to go 3Com again [...]

    Barrie> Dabs had some OfficeConnect 10/100 NICs at about 30 quid
    Barrie> each, but I can't find any mention of them in all the
    Barrie> HCL's (either supported or unsupported). Model number is
    Barrie> 3CSOHO100-TX.


I came across info in the FreeBSD hardware/driver docs that suggested
that the SOHO100 cards are supported by the Etherlink III XL/905
driver. That in my mind I went hunting for Linux info on the XL cards.
Despite the fact that the card isn't mentioned on scyld.com there is a
mention of it in the menuconfig help option in the kernel.

Not quite using the source, but I wish I'd thought of that the other
day.

The Intel NICS are twice the price of these cards, so no guessing for
which ones I bought :-)
So, those of you that are interested in cheapish NICS (Darren?) might
want to look at the 3Com OfficeConnect 10/100 cards. Life time
warranty too. Nice.

As an aside, I'm _very_ impressed with the FreeBSD docs - handbook,
webpages, and especially the manpages.

Cheers.

Baz.

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