Re: USB PCI card to buy: [SOLVED] Startech PCI625USB2I

2009-04-27 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:01:40AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:52:41PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > It's been a _long_ time since I've had a problem with a PCI USB card. > > If nobody pipes up with a negative, then I'd suggest that you give it > > a shot. The odds a

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-10 Thread Harry Rickards
On 10 Apr 2009, at 21:51, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 07:54, Harry Rickards wrote: On 10 Apr 2009, at 15:46, "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 05:37:28PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Here's the reply I received from Startech. Hi Doug, Both chipsets

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-10 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 07:54, Harry Rickards wrote: > > > On 10 Apr 2009, at 15:46, "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 05:37:28PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Here's the reply I received from Startech. Hi Doug, Both chipsets (Nvidia and NEC) are nat

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
> But I need it so I will buy it.  From their perspective, they know that > the chipsets are supported in the linux kernel, but with all the > different distributions and versions (compared to just testing for > windows), it would be hard for them to test them all. > I agree with this completely.

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-10 Thread Harry Rickards
On 10 Apr 2009, at 15:46, "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 05:37:28PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: Here's the reply I received from Startech. Hi Doug, Both chipsets (Nvidia and NEC) are natively supported in the Linux = kernel since 2.4.x, but we do not directly support these

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-10 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 05:37:28PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Here's the reply I received from Startech. > > > > Hi Doug, > > > > Both chipsets (Nvidia and NEC) are natively supported in the Linux = > > kernel since 2.4.x, but we do not directly support these cards in Linux, = > > nor have we te

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-10 Thread Dotan Cohen
> Here's the reply I received from Startech. > > Hi Doug, > > Both chipsets (Nvidia and NEC) are natively supported in the Linux = > kernel since 2.4.x, but we do not directly support these cards in Linux, = > nor have we tested with Debian, so compatibility cannot be guaranteed. > I would recomme

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:52:41PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > > > Do they all "just work" now? > > > > It's been a _long_ time since I've had a problem with a PCI USB card. > If nobody pipes up with a negative, then I'd suggest that you give it > a

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:52:41PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > > > Do they all "just work" now? > > > > It's been a _long_ time since I've had a problem with a PCI USB card. > If nobody pipes up with a negative, then I'd suggest that you give it > a

RE: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-08 Thread Peter Crawford
> I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) ... There is a Belkin in a Squeeze here; 2.6.26-1 686. Probably have to open the case to verify the 220v1 number. A LAN machine connects through a Linksys USB200M. Also I've connected flash stores and a USB-ATA adapter to a hdd. All

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,07.Apr.09, 13:35:21, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > Do they all "just work" now? > > I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) which I think has > an NEC chipset, or one of the Startech's: > > PCI625USB21 6-port (4+2) with nvidia

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:35:21PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > Do they all "just work" now? > > I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) which I think has > an NEC chipset, or one of the Startech's: > > PCI625USB21 6-port (4+

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
> Done, waiting for reply. > Great, let us know what they say. > Other than any compatibility issues, is one chipset better than another? > Do some cards work better?  The main purpose of adding USB is for using > USB sticks, and syncing my palm.  I may want to use a CD burner at some > point (ri

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-04-07, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > Do they all "just work" now? > > I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) which I think has > an NEC chipset, or one of the Startech's: > > PCI625USB21 6-port (4+2) with nvidia chipset > >

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 11:00:57PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > By the way, you may want to write to Belkin and ask them if the card > > will work with Linux. > > > > They will never write "works with > > Linux" on t

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:52:41PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > > > Do they all "just work" now? > > It's been a _long_ time since I've had a problem with a PCI USB card. > If nobody pipes up with a negative, then I'd suggest that you give it > a shot

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Dotan Cohen wrote: > By the way, you may want to write to Belkin and ask them if the card > will work with Linux. > They will never write "works with > Linux" on the box if nobody is asking for it. +1 ;-D Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
> I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. > > Do they all "just work" now? > It's been a _long_ time since I've had a problem with a PCI USB card. If nobody pipes up with a negative, then I'd suggest that you give it a shot. The odds are in your favor. By the way, you may want to write to Belki

USB PCI card to buy

2009-04-07 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
I need to add USB to my HP NetServer LPr. Do they all "just work" now? I'm looking at either the Belkin F5U220v1 5-port (4+1) which I think has an NEC chipset, or one of the Startech's: PCI625USB21 6-port (4+2) with nvidia chipset PCI330USB2 4-port (3+1) with NEC D7201026c chips