> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 4 12:00:15 1998
> >
> > Eventually, I will be segmenting my network and using a 10/100 switch.
> >
> > For now, I simply want to add a 100Mb ethernet card to each of these two
> > servers so I can connect them to each other on a separate (100Mb crossover
> > or 10/100 hub between the 2 new NICs) network.
> >
> > What cards should I be looking at?
> >
>
> I got a Netgear FB 104 kit for $133. It has 2 FA310TX, 1 FE104 hub and
> 2 25' cables. The card works with tulip driver 0.89K and 0.90.
Unfortunately, Netgear no longer uses the tulip chipset in that card.
They haven't changed the model number so you won't know what you have
until you eyeball the card. Apparently, they claim "linux support"
for the card, but that's based on it being a tulip-based card.
I'd steer clear until someone writes a driver for the new chipset.
The original author of the tulip driver posted a note about the
less than wholesome way Netgear treated this change.
Regards,
Chris
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