3.16. Which network cards does FreeBSD support?

See the Ethernet cards section of the handbook for a more complete list. Since it doesn't list the drivers you need to use for each of the cards, this incomplete list will have to do.

de driver

DEC DC21x40 and compatible PCI controllers
(including 21140 100bT cards)

ed driver

NE2000 and 1000
WD/SMC 8003, 8013 and Elite Ultra (8216)
3Com 3c503
HP 27247B and 27252A
And clones of the above

le driver

DEC EtherWORKS II and EtherWORKS III controllers.

ie driver

AT&T EN100/StarLAN 10
3COM 3c507 Etherlink 16/TP
NI5210
Intel EtherExpress

is driver

Isolan AT 4141-0
Isolink 4110

el driver

3com 3c501 (does not support Multicast or DMA)

eg driver

3com 3c505 Etherlink/+

ze driver

IBM PCMCIA credit card adapter

lnc drive

Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL)(*)

ep driver

3com 3c509 (Must disable PNP support on card)

cx driver

Cronyx/Sigma multiport Sync/Async (Cisco and PPP framing)

zp driver

3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III (aka 3c589)(A-C only)

fea driver

DEC DEFEA EISA FDDI controller

fpa driver

DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI controller

fe driver

Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A Ethernet cards

NOTE Drivers marked with (*) are known to have problems.

NOTE 3C598D is NOT supported yet.

NOTE We also support TCP/IP over parallel lines. At this point we are incompatible with other versions, but we hope to correct this in the near future. Refer to the description in the lp(4) man page.

NOTE Some of these cards require a DOS partition on your hard drive to run the configuration software. Software configured cards may also need to be hard-reset after running another operating system that uses manufacturer-supplied drivers. This may even require a full power cycle.