On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 12:27 -0400, A. Khattri wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
El-Cheapo cards will work, but may not be as full-featured or as fast
throughput as the more expensive 3com cards. eg: USD6 Dlink vs USD25
3com.
Speaking from the server side of the fence, we
On 6/8/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Same here; my cheap-as-chips and old-as-methuselah 8139 works fine as
well-- in fact, it's the one thing I can count on working right if I go
distro-hopping, no matter where I wind up.
However, you make a good point, Antoine... the driver
I urgently need a second ethernet (RJ-45 telephone-looking type) NIC
in my computer, which is about a year old, el cheapo but with USB 2.0,
so decent for my needs (sorry, don't have mother board details at the
moment).
the local store is willing to install a SMC one for a good price. my
only
--- THUFIR HAWAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I urgently need a second ethernet (RJ-45
telephone-looking type) NIC
in my computer, which is about a year old, el cheapo
but with USB 2.0,
so decent for my needs (sorry, don't have mother
board details at the
moment).
the local store is
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 07:42:56 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
the local store is willing to install a SMC one for a good price. my
only concern is the brand. ethernet is very well understood and I
just need plain-vanilla, but I don't want to have to fiddle with
anything, configuring hardware or
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
I urgently need a second ethernet (RJ-45 telephone-looking type) NIC
in my computer, which is about a year old, el cheapo but with USB 2.0,
so decent for my needs (sorry, don't have mother board details at the
moment).
My one piece of advice is to avoid
Marshal Newrock wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
I urgently need a second ethernet (RJ-45 telephone-looking type) NIC
in my computer, which is about a year old, el cheapo but with USB 2.0,
so decent for my needs (sorry, don't have mother board details at the
moment).
My one
On 6/8/05, Ow Mun Heng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Just wanted to say this..
El-Cheapo cards will work, but may not be as full-featured or as fast
throughput as the more expensive 3com cards. eg: USD6 Dlink vs USD25
3com.
One Dlink I got was absolutely horrible. It will hang after a
My one piece of advice is to avoid RealTek chipsets (usually RTL-8139).
These are the winmodems of the network world. Most of their processing
is done by software, not in hardware.
Been solid as a rock for me for ages now (is that 8139too?)... I
occasionally shift dvd images around but
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
El-Cheapo cards will work, but may not be as full-featured or as fast
throughput as the more expensive 3com cards. eg: USD6 Dlink vs USD25
3com.
Speaking from the server side of the fence, we swear by Intel eepro cards.
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