heres some food for thought ;)
I have 2 linksys cards
two in my LM box and one in my win2k box
I have a cable modem that uses DHCP and have yet to see any problem with my
etho (the tulip/lnksys card)
matter of fact I have yet to see ANY problem with ANY of my cards/network
stuff
I have in the past used 3c509b's with my linksys as well as a smc card.
neither combo resulted in ANY problems.
just some food for though :)
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Sword" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Tulip NIC problem
> "Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)" wrote:
>
> > <DISCLAIMER>I own one of these Linksys Adapters and it works fine,
although
> > I have a static IP</DISCLAIMER>
> >
> > I think the point that the first poster was making is that the driver
doco
> > explicitly states that there is an issue. So his point to avoid the
tulip
> > (10/100 Linksys) board is valid. Hardware is worthless without a set of
> > good drivers.
> >
> > Larry, if you work at Linksys, perhaps you could pressure DEC (or
whomever
> > makes the chips) to give more/better doco to the Linux developers to
solve
> > this issue. IMHO, given that I've been in the Linux community for a few
> > years, I think it's safe to say that persistantly unstable Linux drivers
> > tend to be caused by the Hardware makers not providing good
documentation.
> > I'm not picking on Linksys because I own several Linksys networking
products
> > and I've had good experiences with them.
> >
> > Matt
> >
>
> No I don't work at Linksys. Sorry if my post incorrectly conveyed that. I
do
> agree that hardware manufactures all need to face the fact that Linux is a
> valid operating system. As more and more people and the industry start
using
> or converting to Linux they will be forced, if by nothing else than pure
> economic reasons, to provide drivers and support.
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Larry Sword [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Careful with the Linksys 10/100 under Linux, or any 10/100
> > > NIC with a "PNIC" Chip. I've been to the website of the
> > > writer about two months ago, and discovered this little note:
> > > >
> > > > "Due to the lack? of documentation on the PNIC chip, autosensing
> > > > the network" is/was not a feature of the driver the author
> > > could provide.
> > > >
> > >
> > > IAW Linksys:
> > >
> > > COMPATABILITY NOTE: Linksys regularly tests its network
> > > adapters with Li nux, and finds that the adapters work well
> > > in our testing lab. However, Linux software drivers for Linksys
> > > network
> > > adapters are developed independently by third-party
> > > developers who support the
> > > Linux open source philosophy. Linksys is not responsible for
> > > guaranteeing the
> > > compatibility of its adapters with Linux, since it does not
> > > control how or
> > > by whom network drivers are developed.
> > >
> > >
>
>
