Linus likes tulip cards, but admits some are flaky... >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Torvalds) >Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.development.system >Subject: Re: Reliable (!) nic for 2.2 kernel? >Date: 8 May 1999 20:10:35 GMT >In article <0EXY2.11020$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>my tulip card is totally unreliable. I can bring it down with an ftp >>xfer (local lan) at 10 or 100, in a minute or less. network hangs and >>will NOT be reset by software. > >I would recommend the intel eepro100, although I also wonder whether you >just have a flaky tulip card, because tulip would have been my second >suggestion. There's a lot of different tulip-based cards out there.. > >A 3c509 should be fine too, although with SMP it needs one of the >current v2.2 pre-patches to be stable in some configurations (thanks to >Andrea for figuring out why). > > Linus At 09:31 PM 8/12/2001 -0700, Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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] >> >> >
