I found the Linksys card LNE100TX (tulip based) for $10, so I went with that one. It worked with the stock 2.2.20preX, and also with the latest drivers from scyld. I was getting ~5 Megabytes / sec on a samba transfer on my local network. I'm assuming some of that is b/c it has to deal with the samba stuff. What is the issue with tulip? -Rob > On 20010812.1322, Bob Miller said ... > > 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. > > 100 Mbit Ethernet is a commodity. Any card will work fine. You > can pay a premium for the 3Com or Intel name, if you want to. > > I've successfully used: > > Intel eepro100 > RealTek 8139 > DEC tulip (real and clones) > 3com 3c59x > > Seth and Mike have an issue with the tulip -- something about the > driver not reinitializing right on a soft reboot, but I do not know > the details. > > Stan has Realtek-based cards for $20. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
