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In article <1e9p7fINNhrb@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division) writes:
>jeffc@comb1.comb.umd.edu (Jeff Clowser; IRG) writes:
>
>>Our price at U of MD for an Asante card is as low as $125, I believe.  I've
>>never had a problem with one.
>
>I installed some Asante LC ethernet cards with the 4.0 driver that shipped
>with them.  I had several occasions where they just locked the machine up
>and flooded the ethernet with traffic.  I verified this by looking at the
>activity light on another machine.  I ftp'd the 4.1 drivers and installed
>them and have had a lot less problems since and haven't flooded the network
>with traffic once :-).  They seem to be working fine now.  I've only had a
>couple of lockups since and I'm not sure that the cards are at fault for
>those.
>
>Craig
>

I would try using the Apple drivers instead of the Asante drivers
(yes, they work.) The Asante drivers have some conflicts with MacTCP
that the Apple drivers don't.

I would check with Focus Enhancements about inexpensive Ethernet cards.
They also sell a spiffy SCSI Ethernet that works better than any I have
seen (the Asante EN/SC is junk, IMHO.)

On a positive note, I have had general good success with other Asante
products.

Regards,
Tom Karches
karches@utdallas.edu
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