Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-17 Thread Richard L Shepherd
On 12 Sep 1997, Dale Martin wrote: The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any thoughts on those? I have the Intel EtherExpress 100 Pro, which is different from the regular one (requires a driver that is

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-16 Thread Bob Billson
On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Fredrik Ax wrote: The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any thoughts on those? I'm using an EtherExpress 100 together with Linux. The only problem I've had, was finding the driver!

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-16 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Raymond A. Ingles wrote: How does one determine from minimal catalog info what cards are Tulip-based? I've been trying to figure that out for a while... Jeff Noxon wrote: They use the DEC 2104x (10 Mb/s) or 2114x (100 Mb/s) chips. Just look at the card or the specs on the box. DEC,

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Fredrik Ax
On 12 Sep 1997, Dale Martin wrote: Leszek Gerwatowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any thoughts on those? I'm using an EtherExpress 100 together with Linux. The

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Jeff Noxon wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 01:09:24PM -0400, Dale Martin wrote: The current wisdom says to avoid the 3com 3c905, and go with a DEC Tulip based card. I do know from personal experience that the 3c905 has problems - haven't tried a Tulip card yet, but

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Jeff Noxon
On Mon, Sep 15, 1997 at 01:02:55PM -0400, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: How does one determine from minimal catalog info what cards are Tulip-based? I've been trying to figure that out for a while... They use the DEC 2104x (10 Mb/s) or 2114x (100 Mb/s) chips. Just look at the card or the specs

Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Leszek Gerwatowski
Hi! Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card will work without any problems. Thanks in advance! __

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Leszek Gerwatowski wrote: Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card will work without any

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Paul Ryan Kuykendall
On Sep 12, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Leszek Gerwatowski wrote: Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Dale Martin
Leszek Gerwatowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi! Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card will work without any

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Jeff Noxon
On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 01:09:24PM -0400, Dale Martin wrote: The current wisdom says to avoid the 3com 3c905, and go with a DEC Tulip based card. I do know from personal experience that the 3c905 has problems - haven't tried a Tulip card yet, but will be using one very soon. The Tulip cards