i've heard many people like christ advocate the dec based cards.
i heard so many that i ran out bought one. i sorely regret it. it was
much more expensive than my other ne2000 cards and its performace
was _much_ worse. I wasn't able to get more than 35k across a
10BT lan. i was told that i should load the tulip driver as a module
and pass it arguements or whatever to set it to work correctly, i don't
have those args and don't feel like going on a goosehunt to find them
either. ne2000 cards have never given me any problems. ( i currently
have a strange network dilemma, but it is not related to this )
just try to buy one from a good company, it's a good rule of thumb to
simply steer clear of generic hardware; i'm a big believer in "you get
what you pay for."
people can trash pci ne2000 all they want, but i've gotten all the
performance i need out of these cheap and easy to use cards.
you can find good quality hardware for a fair price at http://www.pricewatch.com
Gary Tsai wrote:
> I was looking to replace my Linux incompatible Intel EtherExpress PRO 100A
> PCI card with anything that is compatible with Linux, and I ran across a
> "generic" NE2000 compatible PCI card. Has anyone tried to install one like
> this? If so, what experiences did you have? I'm a bit hesitant to buy it
> b/c even though it was only $30, this store doesn't give cash refund (only
> in store credit which I don't want). Any experience or advice on
> installing the NE2000 PCI compatible cards is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> GT
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