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Article #285Re: Which Ethernet card?
From: Nick Andrew
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00
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In <5gqf4r$p0o$1@otis.netspace.net.au> mheath@netspace.net.au (Mark Heath) writes: >I'd stay away from jumperless cards, for linux, since the configuration >utility is usually only for DOS. ( i dont know if linux has a config >proggy for them) I use 3c509 cards (jumperless). Yes, they do have to be programmed once, from DOS, but that's all. They work. >If you are after cheap cards you'd probably get an NE2000 clone. They don't work. NE2000 for some reason is an unreliable card interface. I had one once and it caused the Linux box to lock up at random. The word from Alan Cox was to stay clear of NE2000. This particular card was a multi-interface card (I bought it ages ago especially so I could change standards if there was some problem with Linux) and when I swapped to use WD80x3 emulation it worked fine (nearly as well as the 3com cards). Nick. -- Kralizec Dialup Internet System Data: +61-2-9837-1183, 9837-1868 Zeta Microcomputer Software Fax: +61-2-9837-3753 Voice: 9837-1397 P.O. Box 177, Riverstone NSW 2765 http://www.kralizec.net.au/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10669a,ce66acf968b78bf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,ce66acf968b78bf2 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: nick@zeta.org.au (Nick Andrew) Subject: Re: Which Ethernet card? Date: 1997/03/21 Message-ID: <5gsgg9$tqu@godzilla.zeta.org.au> X-Deja-AN: 227233454 References: <3330A8BA.26C1@melws1.rwc.org.au> <5gqf4r$p0o$1@otis.netspace.net.au> Organization: Kralizec Dialup Unix Sydney, +61-2-837-1183 V.32bis Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,aus.computers.linux