> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 7 14:01:06 1998
>
> On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Mark Hahn wrote:
>
> > > Is that one of the 'new' FA310TX with the NetGear chip instead of the
> > > DEC marked chip? Seems like I had some problems using the NetGear
> > > marked chip. The DEC ones are great.
> >
> > tulip clones, such as the Lite-On chips that NetGear now ships in
> > fa310tx cards, WORK FINE. they work fine. they work fine!
> > they are tulip _clones_, only minor modifications of the original
> > chips from DEC. they work fine. they work fine. yes, when a vendor
> > comes out with a new stepping, you might need to update your driver,
> > BUT THEY WORK FINE. there have been reports of interrupt-sharing
> > problems with some tulip cards (clone or not), but there are fixes,
> > even for the "heritage" 2.0 kernels.
>
> Work yes, perform like tulips, no. My netperf numbers between two
> Lite On's are 75% of a tulip. For some this is OK, for other
> who are used to line speed, this is not so good.
>
> I can post numbers if anyone is interested.
The is completely misleading behaviour by Netgear. If you change the
core chipset of a product, at the VERY LEAST, you need to change the
model number of the product or have some way of discerning the new
from the old. Simply sticking people with an inferior product is
not acceptable.
Chris
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