Subject: Re: 3com NIC help
To: Eric N. Barkve <eb13@mail.csuchico.edu>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/04/2000 22:07:20
In message <Pine.GSO.4.02.10005041948480.9157-100000@mimas.csuchico.edu>, "Eric
 N. Barkve" writes:
>
>I'm setting up a NetBSD server for my DSL line, and I was looking at 3com
>cards.  Specifically, the 3c900 is the card I can get cheap.  However, I
>noticed in your supported hardware PCI guide, you have listed the
>3c900[B].  Do the brackets around the "B" mean that both cards are
>supported, or just the 3c900B version.  Also, do you by chance know the
>difference between the cards? I've spent hours on the web looking for some
>site that describes the difference, but no description could be found
>(3Coms site doesn't even say).  Any help you can give would be
>appreciated.

I think the "B" is a fairly different model.  Either should be fine, as I
understand it.  I wouldn't worry about it.  3Com denies any and all
differences between the five or six substantially different revs of the 3C905,
too.  ;-)

-s