Any known problems with a 3C996B-T?

[Ben Stuyts]

On 1 Jun 2005, at 21:34, Tulio Guimarães da Silva wrote:


> 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, :)
>

Thanks. No, this will be used on a Gigabyte K7T266-Pro mainboard.

Ben


>
> 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
>>
>>
>
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