Martin Stromberg wrote: > > Hello to all! > > I'm intending to put in two ethernet cards in two computers, so that I can nfs > mount /home and /usr in one (where disk space is limited) from the other > (where there's plenty of disk space). > > I don't have a great deal to choose from from my hardware supplier: > Either an NE2000 compatible, Genius GE2000; or a 3Com card. I can get either > one with ISA or PCI bus. > > What I wonder is, is there any reason to buy a PCI card (speedwise) if I > go for the NE2000 compatible one? Do any of you know if there are problems > with the Genuis card? Or do you think that the double price of the 3Com cards > is justified, and what kind of 3Com card should I have if I decide for one > of those? My supplier don't know what kind of 3Com cards he have! He says he > buys them from another store. > > I hope I didn't upset anyone with my non-debian specific questions, > > MartinS I use Intel Ether Express Pro 100 PCI cards that I ordered directly from Intel for $49 (great price -- it was 2 mnth ago). I had to get a special Driver for it from Donald Becker's site. and rebuilt it as a module (instructions came with it). It works great -- besides the card being PCI, I also like the fact that the drivers automatically detects what IRQ and address it is on -- no hardware config needed. My kernel is 2.0.22 (it worked with 2.0.20 and couple of versions below that).
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