I have had great success with the 3c905 series. One module works with them all.
I also have an eepro in my laptop that also works well.
Both have been stable and fast.
I tried a netgear fa311 or 312, I don't remember which. It did *not* work well at
all. I finally had to put it in a windows computer. It was a driver problem. I
think it was an fa312. They supposedly changed their chipset between the 310 and 312.
Look up lhd.datapower.com for reviews of nics before purchasing for linux.
On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 11:54:35AM -0700, Rob Hudson wrote:
> I'm reviewing 10/100 NIC cards this morning. I'm looking for a PCI
> based 10/100 NIC of good quality for a Linux machine.
>
> I've been reading the http://www.scyld.com/ website for hints, and
> looking over the http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html for
> more tips on which cards are better than others. I've also been
> looking at price ranges and specs at http://www.mwave.com/ .
>
> Also, the latest Duke or URL Linux System guide recommends an SMC
> EtherPower II NIC card for their high end system:
> http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide12/printable.shtml
>
> Here's a list...
>
> Manuf Chipset Driver Price
> ----------------------------------------------
> 3Com 3C905B-TX 3c59x.c $39
> 3C905C-TX 3c59x.c $41
> 3C905CX-TX 3c59x.c $42
>
> D-Link DFE-530TX via-rhine.c $14
>
> Intel PRO/100+ eepro100.c $35
> PRO/100S eepro100.c $37
>
> NetGear FA310TX tulip.c (?) $19
>
> LinkSys LNE100TX tulip.c $18
>
>
> Does anyone have experience with these as to which one is the best for
> a 100-base-T network? Somewhere I saw you should get one with at
> least an 8K buffer on board for high speed transfers. I saw a
> reference somewhere also that the 3Com cards almost always have only
> 4K, while the LinkSys and the Intel Pro/100S above have 16K.
>
> I consider all of the above roughly in the same price range. Of
> course, cheaper is always better, but I don't want to sacrifice
> quality for $10.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
