Re: SOT: Networking/Inquiry on 3Com 3C905B-TX

[graz]

On  9 Dec, Bernd Kreimeier wrote:
 
 I have been offered twisted-pair (RJ)
 only PCI boards, 3Com 3C905B-TX, which I map tp
 10Base-Tx, Cyclone B revision, aka `Boomerang',

the B version is supposedly 'cyclone' rather than 'boomerang'.

 Anything I should be aware of? 

I have them in all my machines, and they're fine. I've not tried loading
them extremely heavily though. I've heard of them causing kernel panics
when very highly loaded, but have never seen this myself. In fact, I've
never had a problem with them, other than NT making them unusable on a
dual boot machine, until I unplugged the power lead (but that's a PnP
problem, I think).

A lot of people recommend the Intel EtherExpress as an alternative
(similar sort of price round my way too).

-- 
Graham

SOT: Networking/Inquiry on 3Com 3C905B-TX

[Bernd Kreimeier]

Because of all the trouble I had with my ISA SMC's, I am
considering the, ahem, cheap way out and get me new
Ethernet boards. I have been offered twisted-pair (RJ)
only PCI boards, 3Com 3C905B-TX, which I map tp
10Base-Tx, Cyclone B revision, aka `Boomerang', aka 
EtherLink III XL.

Anything I should be aware of? Ethernet-HOWTO and
the 100mbs.html seem to be okay with this one,
except that multicast is not done in hardware
(the SMC EtherPower PCI with DEC 21140 seems to
be superior). This net is supposed to be used
for really excessive UDP networking tests
(client-server game), and I might want to experiment
with multicast as well.


b.