Re: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-15 Thread Robert Waldner
well, for money´s worth, get 3com 509 (if you can spend 50$+). run in most of our workstations, not a single problem in 2 years now. for a home-machine I´d prefer somewhat tulip-based, seen at 20$+, and the driver is aged by now ;-), my linksys 10/100 has its peculiarities... just my 2 (euro-) ce

Re: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-15 Thread Keith G. Murphy
them for 15 bucks US and they work > > flawlessly. All my 8139s have been donated to the local landfill. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 7:31 PM > > To: Chris Mason > > Cc: debi

Re: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-13 Thread Graeme Mathieson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, "KULISHdotCOM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree, avoid the $10 types. I bought 5 realtek 8139 type cards for 6 > bucks a piece. I've also got 6 of them floating around, plus two in another location. It semi-regularly fails in an Alpha, bu

Re: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-13 Thread kmself
he local landfill. > > -Original Message- > From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 7:31 PM > To: Chris Mason > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them? > > > On Fri, 12 Ma

Re: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Brian Stults
I got my rtl8139 for free ($15 - $15 rebate). It's worked great for about 6 months - no exceptions. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: www.albany.edu/~bs7452

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread KULISHdotCOM
PM To: Chris Mason Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them? On Fri, 12 May 2000, Chris Mason wrote: > Aahhh! That's why my realtek cards are not being installed when I boot from > cold. In the trash with them. Have you tried the r

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Chris Mason wrote: > Aahhh! That's why my realtek cards are not being installed when I boot from > cold. In the trash with them. Have you tried the rtl8139too driver? These cards are nice and cheap, perfect for workstations.. Jason

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Chris Mason
Guide Find out more about NetConcepts www.netconcepts.ai bwz*mq -Original Message- From: KULISHdotCOM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 7:11 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them? I agree, avoid the $10 type

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread KULISHdotCOM
hurt the cards any... installed them in other machines, including windows NT and they worked fine until. -Original Message- From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 5:59 PM To: Ron Stordahl Cc: Debian User List Subject: RE: NIC Cards

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Ron Stordahl wrote: > 10Base-T RJ45 PCI Network Cards some in an incredible range of prices from > 10 bucks up. Is it possible that the only significant difference is the > brand name? > some cards only send even numbered packets (yes I am serious). Some cards are so cheap we do

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-18 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 17 Apr 98 15:04:17 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Cool, hardware debian packages! > >The Free Hardware Foundation, hmmm Actually, I recently saw an announcement (c.o.l.a.?) about exactly this. Someone wants to start up a project to develop open-circuit hardware (if that's what you'd call

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Ossama Othman
> > exist in /lib/modules/2.0.x/net? If not compile it as a module, install > > it and reboot. > No, the whole point of it being a module is that you can just use insmod > to insert it, and you won't have to reboot at all. Yes I know it isn't always necessary to reboot. However, I just like to

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread The Thought Assassin
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: > have any AUI port on any of mine, as Nathan does. Does the 3c59x module > exist in /lib/modules/2.0.x/net? If not compile it as a module, install > it and reboot. No, the whole point of it being a module is that you can just use insmod to insert it, and

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: > Thats fine and all, but seeing as I don't have any driver codes from 3Com > how would I go about writing a driver for it? I thought the driver code is already in the standard kernel source code. You only need to turn on the support for your card, check

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, I'm missing something here. Are you saying that you added 3c59x (yes, 3c59x) to /etc/modules and your NIC wasn't found? I have the very same card (3C905) on two installations and they work fine. However, I do not have any AUI port on any of mine, as Nathan does. Does the 3c59x module exist

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
MAIL PROTECTED]> : Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org : Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 10:07 AM : Subject: Re: NiC Cards : : : >What do you mean by a .deb package for a NIC? If you want networking : >support for the 3com card, you should be using the 3c59x module or : >building it into t

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Mike Holliday
April 17, 1998 10:08 AM Subject: Re: NiC Cards >On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: > >> Does anyone know if there is a .DEB package for a 3Com Fast Etherlink >> 10/100mb bus-master pci adapter? > >You don't need a .deb package for that. The driver is in the ke

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: : Does anyone know if there is a .DEB package for a 3Com Fast Etherlink : 10/100mb bus-master pci adapter? : : Mike : Cool, hardware debian packages! The Free Hardware Foundation, hmmm -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sio

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Mike Holliday
Hi, that is what I did use, but it refuses to accept it as my NiC, and it is the right card Mike -Original Message- From: Steve Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mike Holliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, April 17, 1998 10:07 AM Subject: R

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a .DEB package for a 3Com Fast Etherlink > 10/100mb bus-master pci adapter? You don't need a .deb package for that. The driver is in the kernel. If it is not in your kernel, you should compile your own kernel to get support

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Steve Hsieh
What do you mean by a .deb package for a NIC? If you want networking support for the 3com card, you should be using the 3c59x module or building it into the kernel... On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a .DEB package for a 3Com Fast Etherlink > 10/100mb bus