Re: SMC etherpower II 9432BTX ethernet card
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, rob wrote: Hello ! I have problems with the card mentioned above. The driver for SMC etherpower II cards (I guess it's epic100) does not work. Please someone tell me if there is a LINUX driver for it or not. I would appreciate any help. Thanks Please post more information, for starters, the output of: $ dmesg|grep eth0 $ ifconfig $ route -n $ uname -a You may also want to try the tulip driver. from tulip.c: This device driver is designed for the DECchip Tulip, Digital's single-chip ethernet controllers for PCI. Supported members of the family are the 21040, 21041, 21140, 21140A, 21142, and 21143. These chips are used on many PCI boards including the SMC EtherPower series. The epic100.c file does mention support for the SMC etherpower II 9432, but I'm not sure what the BTX means. I would guess that this is the right driver to use. HTH -Dano
Re: SMC EtherPower II 10/100
From the h/w compatible list, I found support for SMC EtherPower 10/100. Does anyone know if the newer EtherPower II 10/100 is supported? If yes, what is the driver and do you hear of any trouble with that card? Yes, it is supported. You need to get the driver from http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/ and compile it for your kernel. I have one of these cards, but I had trouble with it. I swapped it out for an NE2000 and I'm in the process of returning it to SMC for a replacement, as it seemed to be defective; my machine would crash once day or so before I removed it. The local computer company tells me they've had a lot of defective ones, actually. But I still like SMC, personally. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: SMC EtherPower II 10/100
Thank you very much for your information. Your last comment, however, makes me a little bit confused. I have been using the SMC 10Mbps Tulips base card and they work very well. In the 100Base-TX market, what do you suggest is the more reliable card? Among manufactures like 3Com, SMC and Intel, which one do you think is better to work with Linux? I have several Taiwan made 10/100Base PCI Ethernet cards using in our Win 95 boxes. They perform well and the price is half of the SMCs. It is a real petty that there is no driver to use with Linux! Ben Pfaff wrote: From the h/w compatible list, I found support for SMC EtherPower 10/100. Does anyone know if the newer EtherPower II 10/100 is supported? If yes, what is the driver and do you hear of any trouble with that card? Yes, it is supported. You need to get the driver from http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/ and compile it for your kernel. I have one of these cards, but I had trouble with it. I swapped it out for an NE2000 and I'm in the process of returning it to SMC for a replacement, as it seemed to be defective; my machine would crash once day or so before I removed it. The local computer company tells me they've had a lot of defective ones, actually. But I still like SMC, personally. -- Regards, Clement web URL: http://www.ans.com.au/email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Address: 14 Fisher Road, Dee Why NSW 2099Tel: 9972 2377 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: SMC Etherpower
In your email to me, Martin Stromberg, you wrote: Hi. Is there anybody that's using Debian and two computers talking to each other through two SMC Etherpower cards, without a hub in between i. e. through a twisted TP cable? Please give me some advice how to make it work! You have to use a crossover cable, and make each one the default route of the other. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps It is a damned poor mind indeed that can't think of at least two ways of spelling any word. Andrew Jackson ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SMC Etherpower
Martin Stromberg wrote: Hi. Is there anybody that's using Debian and two computers talking to each other through two SMC Etherpower cards, without a hub in between i. e. through a twisted TP cable? Please give me some advice how to make it work! aTdHvAaNnKcSe, Martin S. The instructions can be found in the comp.dcom.cabling faq (which I will email to you off this list). Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
