Dave Cinege wrote:
> Mark Hahn wrote:
> >
> > > Is that one of the 'new' FA310TX with the NetGear chip instead of the
> > > DEC marked chip? Seems like I had some problems using the NetGear
> > > marked chip. The DEC ones are great.
> >
> > tulip clones, such as the Lite-On chips that NetGear now ships in
> > fa310tx cards, WORK FINE.
>
> I appears to me that the MX clone chips do not allow bus-mastering like the
> true DEC does.
>
> IE the SVEC PN100 with a true DEC is listed as a bus-mastering card.
> The PN102 with a clone is listed as non-busmastering. I'd like to get
> confirmation whether this is due to the clone chip. (Only reason I can think)
>
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In searching for the true DEC chip NIC, I found another cheap alternate by
Samsung. It's called SmartEther SC1200-TX which uses the DEC 21140-AF. It
supposedly does bus-mastering, and auto-determines both 100 Mbps and
full-duplex. I paid $24.95 at Fry's in California. I haven't tried it yet, but
I wouldn't anticipate a problem.
... Mark
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