Subject: Re: semi-offtopic: netgear?
To: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 08/13/1998 20:57:33
I can't confirm this card working on NetBSD-axp but have a
Netgear FA310TX Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter running in an
OpenBSD-2.3-i386 box - see report below - hence there is a pretty
good chance for it to work under NetBSD too.

cheerio Berndt

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de0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "Digital Equipment DECchip 21140 (FasterNet)" rev 0x22: irq 11
de0: 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2 address 00:40:05:41:88:95
de0: media: 1="10baseT" 2="Full Duplex 10baseT" 3="100baseTX" 4="Full Duplex 100baseTX"
de0: enabling 10baseT port
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nm wrote
> 
> At 10:58 PM 8/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 10:34:26PM -0400, nm wrote:
> >> Sorry for the intrusive nature of this email...
> >> 
> >> I am looking for anyone who has used a Netgear FA310TX
> >> in a DEC Alpha with NetBSD.
> >
> >Almost.  I had one in a Linux/Alpha box for a bit.  It's based on a
> >later revision of the Tulip chipset, so it "should work".  I didn't
> >even have to recompile my kernel (since I already had the Tulip driver
> >configured for my UDB's onboard ethernet).
> >
> >> pricewatch tells me that I can get this card for around $30
> >
> >Yep, mine was $34 from CDW (on special).
> >
> >> If I can be sure that it will work then its a go...
> >
> >I'd be suprised if it didn't.
> >
> >> I recently purchased an ACCTON 21140A based card
> >> and couldn't get it to work (I don't think it's just me)
> >> so I wanted to get real world verification that the next
> >> card I buy will work.
> >
> >If the Accton doesn't work, there's probably something more important
> >wrong.  The Accton and Netgear cards are probably nearly identical, so
> >if the one doesn't work the other probably won't either.  But who
> >knows...
> 
> right!  thats why I want to find someone to confirm that the netgear
> should work before I buy it.
> 
> >-andy
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> >
> 
> 


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Name	: Berndt Josef Wulf
E-Mail	: wulf@ping.net.au
Sysinfo	: DEC AXPpci33+, NetBSD-1.3