On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Paul Makepeace wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:20:03AM +0000, Simon Wilcox wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Paul Makepeace wrote: > > > to set up. Netgear make some great stuff (but stay away from their > > > FAxxx NICs). > > > > It's really the FA311 that you want to avoid. It uses a National > > Semiconductor chipset that isn't supported with the 2.2.x kernels. > > Yup, that's the bastard. The funny thing is, it's a dog under Windows > too (2000 at least). One of those times when you spend more than 20mins > debugging a hardware problem and think (for the millionth time) "it's > just not worth saving a few quid on hardware".
The real killer is that these are precisely the cards that Telewest will sell you [1] for their blueyonder service at a ridiculous price of £25 compared to £14 in the shops. [2] You can (and should) supply your own ! Simon. [1] Actually they're giving them away at the moment. Can't imagine why ! [2] http://www.insight.com/cgi-bin/bp/uk/products/bayna01q9s.html -- "Help!! I'm covered in beeeeeeees!!"
