Re: FAQ about 100MBit network card support

[Doug White <dwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Konrad Heuer wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Denis V. Okhrimenko wrote:
> 
> > Can  FreeBSD  v.2.2.5  support  100MBit network card and if so, how it
> > works?
> 
> FreeBSD does - just decide for a supported card and build a custom kernel. 
> I use for example a 3Com 3C905 card on fast ethernet w/ 2.2.1-R.
> 
> Ok, I had to select 100 MBit/s manually per DOS floppy boot and 3Com DOS
> utitlity floppy. But as far as I know 10/100BaseT ist automatically
> recognized by the de0 driver for DEC21140 based cards.

Yes, the de driver will autodetect on cards that support it.  Same for the
Intel EtherExpress Pro/100[B+] series.  We just cut over half our house 
to 100Mbit yesterday and my cards had no problems.

The new driver for the 3com PCI series in -CURRENT also supports
autodetection for cards that support it.

Doug White                               
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