In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > Mitch Blevins wrote: > > > > The newer NetGear cards ship with a floppy that contains their > > own version of tulip.c which is not necessarily the same tulip.c > > that is included in your kernel tarball. > > > > Replace the tulip.c in the kernel tree with the one included on > > the floppy and recompile, reboot, etc. > > Maybe that will work. > > > > -Mitch > > Are these decent NICs? I'm planning a home network, and I saw NetGear > cards for about $30 US each. I read that Linux was one of the supported > OSes, and read on their website that they had their own tulip drivers. > I've heard a lot of recommendation for tulip-based NICs.
I've never had problems with them. They're fast and dirt cheap. I have also heard many other people sing praises to NetGear. -Mitch
