Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-17 Thread Richard L Shepherd
On 12 Sep 1997, Dale Martin wrote: > The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as > recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any > thoughts on those? I have the "Intel EtherExpress 100 Pro", which is different from the regular one (requires a driver that

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-16 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > How does one determine from minimal catalog info what cards are > Tulip-based? I've been trying to figure that out for a while... Jeff Noxon wrote: > They use the DEC 2104x (10 Mb/s) or 2114x (100 Mb/s) chips. Just look > at the card or the specs on the box. DEC,

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-16 Thread Bob Billson
On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Fredrik Ax wrote: >> The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as >> recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any >> thoughts on those? > >I'm using an EtherExpress 100 together with Linux. The only problem >I've had, was finding the d

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Jeff Noxon
On Mon, Sep 15, 1997 at 01:02:55PM -0400, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > How does one determine from minimal catalog info what cards are > Tulip-based? I've been trying to figure that out for a while... They use the DEC 2104x (10 Mb/s) or 2114x (100 Mb/s) chips. Just look at the card or the specs

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Jeff Noxon wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 01:09:24PM -0400, Dale Martin wrote: > > The current wisdom says to avoid the 3com 3c905, and go with a DEC > > "Tulip" based card. I do know from personal experience that the 3c905 > > has problems - haven't tried a Tulip card yet,

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Fredrik Ax
On 12 Sep 1997, Dale Martin wrote: > Leszek Gerwatowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as > recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any > thoughts on those? > I'm using an EtherExpress 100 together with Linux.

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Jeff Noxon
On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 01:09:24PM -0400, Dale Martin wrote: > The current wisdom says to avoid the 3com 3c905, and go with a DEC > "Tulip" based card. I do know from personal experience that the 3c905 > has problems - haven't tried a Tulip card yet, but will be using one > very soon. The Tulip c

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Dale Martin
Leszek Gerwatowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver > quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch > to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card > will work withou

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Paul Ryan Kuykendall
On Sep 12, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote > On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Leszek Gerwatowski wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver > > quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch > > to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that m

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Leszek Gerwatowski wrote: > Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver > quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch > to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card > will work without any pro