On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 13:06, Stroller wrote: > On Jan 14, 2004, at 6:37 pm, Scharf Yuval wrote: > > > > Tomorrow I'll buy a new NIC (I'm tired of USB-ADSL). > > > > My question is can I buy whatever NIC I want or some NICs will not in > > Linux? > I have found that the Linksys cards use the tulip driver, and personnaly they have poorer 100Mbps usability than the D-link (8139too) cards I have. The big problem with the linksys was needing short cable length for it to work without forcing 10Mbps speed.
> Many cheap 100mbps cards are based on the Realtek 8139 (*makes sign of > the Holy chipset*), which works fine using the 8139too driver. These > are sold under many brandnames, so look for "8139" stamped on the > largest chip on the card. if it's there then you'll be alright. > > Stroller. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
