On 0, Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Cook wrote: > > > > On 0, Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm going to buy a new network card for my machine (running Debian potato > > > 2.2r6). > > > > > > Are there any net cards with a good reputation for stability and ease of > > > install (i.e. not having to compile my own driver would be a plus)? > > > > My 3com 3c905C-TX works great, but cost AU$190. > > I envy you! After hours of experimentation, I'm ready to give up on getting my > 3c905cx-txm to work. I've done the DOS config util tests - says nothing wrong > - > and tried setting it to auto mode, half duplex, full duplex, but still, after > 5 > mins of heavy network traffic my box just freezes every time and I have to > power down - at the rate I'm having to "fsck /" (and the amount of error being > fixed), I won't have a box left after long! > (Anyone got any idea of how to continue testing this situation without giving > my hard disk a heart attack?) > > Btw Tom, which driver are you using for that 3c905C-TX?
I am using the driver from 3com, http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux/3c90x-102.tar.gz I think is the one I am using. I'm not sure that I've really tested mine out under *really* heavy traffic, but I do have /usr/local mounted off another machine, which has all my JDKs and netscape in it, and my current uptime is 74 days... Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "My advice to you is to get married: If you find a good wife, you will be happy; if not, you will become a philosopher." - Socrates Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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