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Re: looking for CHEAP Mac ethernet cards

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From: William M. Eldridge
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:40
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>>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.

>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.

Asante pretty well acknowledged their problems with the LC, and
did seem to be responsive in getting out new drivers (even giving
out an ftp site where you can download it).

Where can I get the Apple drivers?  Do these work with Nuvotech
cards as well?

Bill
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From: bill@cognet.ucla.edu (William M. Eldridge)
Subject: Re: looking for CHEAP Mac ethernet cards
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