[linux-help] Re: FW: looking for cheap 100baset cards

[Michael Kirk <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am runing a dlink in windoz and I have not had any problems
At 03:50 PM 6/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
> Dlink cards are pretty generic... they may work fine, but won't be very
> high-performance cards.
>
> If you want a *good* card, get a 3com or a Tulip-based card.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 02:40:30PM -0500, Michael Kirk wrote:
> > Goto bestbuiy and get the dlink
> >
> >
> > ummm 3\508 I believe isb the model that what I used in linux
> >
> > since I could not get my 3com to work
> >
> >
> > At 02:18 PM 6/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >In our recent discussions on 3com Cards, I ran across this message:
> > >--dwh
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: owner-linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >[mailto:owner-linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Morton
> > >Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 12:55 AM
> > >To: Brian
> > >Cc: linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: Re: looking for cheap 100baset cards
> > >
> > >
> > >Brian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It's a good card and hasn't given me any flack since the Apr15 drivers.
> > > > Of course, I've only tested it on the one server, so that may 
> change when
> > > > we use them in a quartet of well abused squid servers starting next 
> week.
> > >
> > >Good to hear...
> > >
> > >The current drivers can cause an oops if the card's interrupt line is
> > >shared with another device.   It's really obscure and I can't reproduce
> > >it here even after pumping half a gigapacket through it, but we have a
> > >fine oops report which shows it :(
> > >
> > >I'll have a 2.2 fix out in the next few days, but that won't help people
> > >who use older drivers.
> > >
> > >The moral: don't share 3c905/3c905B/3c905C IRQ lines with other PCI
> > >devices in kernel 2.2.
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