On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, max lizano wrote: > Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 01:00:40 +0000 > From: max lizano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Ethernet fast Card > > Hi John, > Thanks for answerme. Now I am refering to the ethernet card that appear in > the hardware note for 4.7 realse as follow: > > ADMtek Inc. AL981-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver) > ADMtek Inc. AN985-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs ( dc(4) driver) > > LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX v4.0/4.1 (this is the model of my Nic card) > > Somebody at Forums told me that I have to buy a new Nic. My situation is > this NIC card work perfectly with windows 2000 and Linux. If i buy a new > one, I would like that this new card be compatible with the OS system > mentioned it.Of course, is my desire to learn and use FreeBSD and that it > become my main OS. > > If I understand you, I have to compile the kernel in order to have working > this NIC card? > > Would you answer me > > Thanks > > Max
Yep, if you rebuild your kernel and include support for the dc driver, you should be ok.Ny LNE100TX works fine - not spectacular, but fine. See here for how to build your own kernel: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html Good luck! And *please* always cc: the freebsd-questions list. JB > > > > > > > >From: John Bleichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: John Bleichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: max lizano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: Ethernet fast Card > >Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:16:01 -0500 (EST) > > > >On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, max lizano wrote: > > > > > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 01:41:06 +0000 > > > From: max lizano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Ethernet fast Card > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I trying to install Freebsd 4.7 but my linksys Len 10/100TX Version 4.1 > >it > > > is not recognized by sysinstall.Do I have to buy another Ethernet Card? > > > > > > Max > > > > > > > > > >If you mean an LNE100TX card, it works fine with the dc driver. I don't > >remember if sysinstall recognized it but I always build a new kernel ASAP > >anyways, and it works fine. > > > >HTH - JB > > > ># John Bleichert > ># http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
