Fwd: Any known problems with a 3C996B-T?

[Tulio Guimarães da Silva]

Hi Ben,
   We have some of this card here at work, but we couldn´t test´em yet 
because the supposed host servers (HP DL380) didn´t recognize them. That 
seems to be a BIOS-related problem, though we´re using the newest one.
  Err, I guess this doesn´t help much, does it? :P Well, anyway, if you 
use a ML380 you already know what to expect. ;)
  Have luck, :)

Tulio

Ben Stuyts wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I sent this originally to the -stable list, but maybe I will have  
> better luck here:
>
> I am about to upgrade one of our servers (running 4-stable) with a  
> 1000Base-T network card, and the 3Com 3C996B-T looks interesting.  
> This is for a small office server (e-mail, files, printers,  
> webserver) serving about 25 pc's running a variety of Win2K, FreeBSD  
> and Mac OS X.
>
> I found some messages in the past indicating there were some problems  
> with this card on FreeBSD. Are these problems solved? I also did not  
> see this exact card in the hardware list, although the 3c996-SX and  
> 3c996-T are mentioned.
>
> Otherwise, any recommendations?
>
> With kind regards,
> Ben