On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Dennis wrote:
> At 11:35 AM 9/14/99 -0400, brad demirjian wrote:
> >I have read quite a few stories about the tulip based NIC and the varying
> >accounts of them. I am interested in positive accounts of the tulip NIC
> >holding up under load (i. e. large file downloads, or multiple user loads).
> >I have a tulip based NIC (DEC 21140) and I want to know if I should take it
> >out. Under Monkey$oft the card has never given me any problems.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for the input.
>
> You guys continue to crack me up. NICs dont "hold up" under load, they are
> either flawed or not. Failures are almost always software related, so its
> the driver which is in q uestion. Since every OS has a different driver,
> you can say that one nic that "holds up" in one OS will do so in
> another...the only time a failure should ever occur is if there is a flaw
> in the hardware which has no workaround, in which case the product most
> likely isnt very popular unless its a very obscure flaw.
The 21140 is fine most times with the .89H driver in the
kernels, though some offbrands that did not follow the spec hap
problems. The newer tulips are 21143 based though, and require
updating to the .91 or later driver.
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