Victor, IMHO (and this might get me flamed), 3com. I have tried a lot of other cards and I have found that 3com's are well supported (by both linux and doze) and just seem to keep running. 3com's are usually more expensive then the others, but I feel the extra cost is worth having less aggravation.
John On Friday 01 February 2002 11:40, Victor Julien wrote: > Hi, > > I want to build a debian based router/gateway/fileserver/mailserver for a > home network with 12 clients. It will be quite low budget as the server is > a Pentium 166Mhz. I want the network to be 100mbit fullduplex, so I want to > buy a Nic for the server. Which one is best for maximum performance and > stability? Intel, 3com, SMC or just a cheap Realtek? I think the nic should > be using the cpu as little as possible... > > Thanks for your advice, > > Victor Julien
