On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 10:17:14AM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Bryan Carpenter wrote: > > > > I'm a newbie asking for help as to which network > > card to buy that will "just be seen" by a standard > > Debian 2.2.17 install. I've tried a Netgear FA312 > > and a Linksys LNE100TX rev. 4.1, but neither seems > > to be easy to set up. I did try getting the "tulip" > > driver from scyld.com, but it seems to require munging > > to compile and use. I'm willing to spend money to get a > > card that will either just "be seen" and set up by > > the default install, or else at most need to have > > one of the standard optional modules chosen that > > are offered early in the Debian install.
Missed the original note... My only purchase of a card has been an SMC 1211TX EZCard 10/100. Uses the 8139too driver directly. Works with no problems, no fuss, no mess... Can't say whether the driver is part of a standard kernel image, though. $12 (?) at Compusa. Kenward -- It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he doesn't really need a college education, for he can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to thinking--something that cannot be learned from books. Albert Einstein
