No-name NICs

2006-06-06 Thread Martin Schröder
Hi, how likely is a no-name 100MBit NIC to just work with 3.9 stable? Background: When I recently tried to get a replacement for a swapped-out FA311v1, I noticed that I can get very cheap (5) no-name NICs (one even claimed to be NE2000 compatible), but getting brand cards which OpenBSD supports

Re: No-name NICs

2006-06-06 Thread Lars Hansson
On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:42, Martin Schrvder wrote: Hi, how likely is a no-name 100MBit NIC to just work with 3.9 stable? In my experience, very. Most are using the same chipsets (ie rl) as the brand NICs anyway. I cant recall ever having a NIC, brand or non-brand, that didnt work. --- Lars

Re: No-name NICs

2006-06-06 Thread Andy Hayward
On 6/6/06, Lars Hansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:42, Martin Schrvder wrote: Hi, how likely is a no-name 100MBit NIC to just work with 3.9 stable? Very, in my experience, They almost always use a Realtek 8139 chipset - rl(4). -- ach

Re: No-name NICs

2006-06-06 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2006/06/06 11:42, Martin Schrvder wrote: how likely is a no-name 100MBit NIC to just work with 3.9 stable? Very - same for no-name 1GBit. The only NIC I've seen recently that didn't work was ULi M5261/M5263 (a dc-like 10/100 device) mostly (only?) used on motherboards with a ULi chipset

Re: No-name NICs

2006-06-06 Thread Nick Holland
Lars Hansson wrote: On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:42, Martin Schrvder wrote: Hi, how likely is a no-name 100MBit NIC to just work with 3.9 stable? In my experience, very. Most are using the same chipsets (ie rl) as the brand NICs anyway. I cant recall ever having a NIC, brand or non-brand, that