Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 14:08:20 -0700 (MST) From: Craig Sawyer <craig@happy.digitaldune.net> To: "Jaysen O'Dell" <jaysen@familyvoice.com> Cc: Nicolas Jungers <nicolas@linkline.be>, "N. Del More" <ndelmore@usa.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, linuxisp@friendly.jeffnet.org Subject: Re: Help: Router Advise Needed Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971024140518.19795B-100000@happy.digitaldune.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971024145723.15297B-100000@shell.familyvoice.com>
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I run 3com 3c905-TX 10/100 cards. they cost about $100.00 and are really fast. I have used as many as 2 in a machine at any one time, I have yet to try more than 2, so I can't tell you about more. The ISA based 3c509 cards work really well, and have had up to 2 in a machine. they are directly supported in the 2.0.X and abover kernels, and you can find drivers for the 1.2.X kernels. They run great at both 10mbs and 100mbs a second, and are used in the Beowulf project(supercomputer with pentiums) -Craig On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Jaysen O'Dell wrote: > Ok I see all you guys with "fancy" NICs. Outside of the obvious PCI vs > ISA, 10 vs 100, what is the differance? This is a question based on > ignorance so please be gentle. I have been using ne2000 and clones and > never had any problems that could be associated with the NIC. Granted I am > not nearly as big as most of you, but if this is just a disaster waiting > to happen.... Ships with holes don't float. > > Jaysen > =============================================================================== Craig Sawyer The Yuma Area LUG:lug@happy.digitaldune.net craig@happy.digitaldune.net Debian/GNU Linux the Beautiftical OS.... http://www.debian.org ===============================================================================
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