Re: [Sheflug] NICs

[Sammy Redshaw <nospam [at] cableinet.co.uk>]

José Luis Gómez Dans wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 12:05:38AM +0000, Sammy Redshaw wrote:
> > I am looking to setup a small network in the home i will need to network
> > 3 computers together i have seen in maplin linksys 10/100mbit erthnet
> > card for 19.99 which come with linux support for them as i am new to
> > this subject of networks i understand how they are 'supposed' to work
> > but not the 'black art' of it i would like to know if i can get the nics
> > and hub cheaper with linux support to fall back on.
>
>         If I were you, I'd hunt for really cheap cards that are NE2000
> compatible (ISA type). They work great, and you can probably get 20 for
> a tenner (as my experience goes. Unfortunately, all used up at the
> moment). Whatever is you end up buying, make sure you know what chip's
> doing the actual work (i.e., I have a cheap and nasty PCI card with some
> flashy name on it, something like "PowerCard 2000", you get the idea,
> but it is actually based on the RTL 8139 chip, which is supported by
> Linux. Poorly, but supported).
>

That what i am worried about i want a hardware nic not a soft nic
the one that i've seen seem to harware nics from a companie called linksys and
yes they do use the tulip driver for there card

>
>         If you have to go for PCI, it might be a good idea to go for an
> RTL 8139 based card. The driver might be flakey in terms of Beowulf
> performance, but is serving me well.
>

> yep have to go for PCI as i am an upgrade aholic and newer mobos are only
> coming

with one isa port or none at all


>
>         As for hubs, I am not aware of any having Linux support or
> otherwise, but that's because I only use cheap crappy ones. Any should
> be fine, unless of course you're setting up a rendering farm in  your
> bedroom (not a good idea, too noisy, but it does away with the need of
> central heating!).

> Could do with the extra heat my radiators are always locking up with air

and it get cold  in here!

>

Noise i can sleep through a nuclear blast I have loss of hearing so i don't
hear a damm thing in the middle of the night!

>
>
>         It might be useful to have a look at the Linux Documentation
> Project. The Network Admin's Guide is/was quite good. The time duality
> expressed in the previous sentence arises from the fact that I'm not
> sure whether it has been updated of late. And of course, it's free :-)
>
>         And as someone also said in this thread, you're likely to get
> good support in this list. I'm a satisfied customer :-)

Well i am happy with it

> can network three pc without a hub either in star network or full duplex peer
> to peer?
>
>         Best luck
>         José
> --
> José L Gómez Dans                       PhD student
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