Re: [Sheflug] Network hardware

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 04:56:47AM +0000, Sammy Redshaw wrote:
> i am new to networking need information on which NIC combo card works
> well for linux?
> and where to buy them and how much do they cost? p.s not intrested in
> hub yet .

	Do not be tempted by one of the cheapo RTL8139 derivatives. They
aren't well supported (unless you have 2.3 kernels), and they tend to
die off in oblivion. If you're willing to use a dev kernel, these are
great, around a tenner and ubiquitous. The people working on the new
driver reckon you _do_ get surprising performance out of them with their
drivers!

	Regards,
	José
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José L Gómez Dans			PhD student
					Radar & Communications Group
					Department of Electronic Engineering
					University of Sheffield UK
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