RE: Good NIC selection?

[Jim]

Hi,   I have just installed a REALTEK RTL8029 using the ne2k-pci driver with no problems.   Here is my /proc/pci showing the settings used, but I believe that the IRQ varies with the PCI slot used.   PCI devices found:   Bus  0, device   0, function  0:     Host bridge: Intel 82437VX Triton II (rev 2).       Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=32.    Bus  0, device   7, function  0:     ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA (rev 1).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  No bursts.    Bus  0, device   7, function  1:     IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (rev 0).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  Latency=32.        I/O at 0xf000 [0xf001].   Bus  0, device  11, function  0:     Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).       Medium devsel.  IRQ 11.        I/O at 0x6100 [0x6101].   Bus  0, device  13, function  0:     VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems Unknown device (rev 11).       Vendor id=1039. Device id=6326.       Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=2.       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008].       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0800000 [0xe0800000].       I/O at 0x6200 [0x6201]. Hope this helps   Jim -----Original Message----- From: DSC Lithuania [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 January 2001 18:49 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Good NIC selection? Hi,       We have a windows network and I'm trying to set up a Linux intranet email-server.        Right now, we have in the computer a COMPEX RL2000A-PnP card.  Since there are no jumpers or switches, I think that it is probably automatically Plug-N-Play, which may be a problem.  But maybe not.  If anyone knows which driver and which settings are appropriate, I'd like to know.  I am aware that the IO address is supposed to be $200-$2B0, but I've never gotten the card to work on a non-Win95 system.       But all is not lost.  We do have other cards available.  If anyone recognizes a card and remembers some of the settings (and/or jumper settings), I'd like to know that too.  Other cards we have include:    NE2000-Compatible with Win95 Settings 0, Int 3, IO #300-31F NE2000-Compatible with Win95 Settings "Current Config", int #11, #300-31F 3COM Etherlink XL COMBO 10 MB  with all settings "Not Present" REALTEK RTL8029 with no user settings NE2000-Compatible with no user settings IBM Ethernet Adapter (PnP Mode) set to Auto, Not Present, Not Present   Anything look possible here?  If you see one, I can swap the cards and bypass the problem.         - Michael Rudmin