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Re: Network card ID

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From: Adam Carheden
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 00:00
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To be perfectlly honest, it's going in an NT box, but people on
csu.unix.linux:

a) read the message
b) respond to the message
c) know the right answer

Sort of like csu.general is the nice catch all for csu, csu.unix.linux
is my catch all for computer related questions.  I wouldn't post a
directly NT questions here though. :)

Anyone know tulip's web site?

Michael Dwyer wrote:
> 
> Adam Carheden <carheden@holly.colostate.edu> wrote:
> : DEC appears to have become compaq and I can't find Function anywhere.
> : Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> DEC became Compaq, but DEC Semi became Intel.  The chips you are
> looking for now have Intel model numbers.  Or something.
> If it is detected as 21041, then it is likely a 10Mb Tulip-like
> card. You can use either the tulip.c or the de4x5 driver.
> 
> This chip was used on the SMC EtherPower cards, and on the one
> sitting in front of me: a Linksys EtherPCI card.
> 
> Note that you can always enter the FCC-ID into the FCC ID Search
> form and find out the manufacturer:
> 
> www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid
> 
> A final note, the v0.89g tulip driver that comes with most linuces
> does not work with the new 21143 chips.  Get the 0.91 drivers from
> cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux first.
> 
> I'm very happy with the Tulip line of cards.  Good luck!
> 
> --
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> Michael J. Dwyer                      I doubt, therefore I might be.
> mdwyer@holly.ColoState.edu       http://WWW.CS.ColoState.EDU/~dwyer/
> Computer Science Major                      Amateur Radio Tech N0ZAP
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