On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 09:11:15PM -0500, Joseph Keen wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Denis Voitenko wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to build a small (and cheap) LAN at home that would run a Linux
> > > box and a Win client. Other 1-2 machines and maybe a printer would be
> > > expected in near future. Could someone advice on good network cards that
> > > would be supported by Linux (RedHat 5.2) and I would not have problems with
> > > on a Win client? Also, some advisory on a hub would be appreciated.
> > >
> > I like the 3c509 for 10 speed stuff and the Netgear cards for 100 speed.
>
> If you can get them 5.2 will use the 3c905A, better for 10 stuff than the
> 509 and they're supported by 95,98, and NT. The 905A is less the a
> hundred dollars. Make sure you do not get a 905B, as far as I know BSD is
> the only one that supports that card.
Huh? My 2.2.3 kernel would be surprised to hear that. I have a 3c905B card in
my Pentium 90 Mhz router box, and it works fine (granted I'm not pushing a
steady stream of 100 Mbit through the wire so there may be capacity issues).
Here is the /proc/pci entry:
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905B 100bTX (rev 48).
Medium devsel. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=248. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
I/O at 0xf880 [0xf881].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xffbdfe80 [0xffbdfe80].
I got my 3c509B for ~$80 IIRC. Its more than the Netgear, but I haven't seen
the end of bitching yet about the non-DEC tulips.
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