Re: anyone got a quad/tri port ethernet card for sale?!!
Chris Evans (chris1@psyctc.org) wrote:
> On 28 Feb 2004 at 19:35, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> Hi -- huge thanks for this Ardo.
You're welcome.
> > A quick search on eBay reveals several Matrox NS-QNIC Quad-port 10/100
> > adapters for under $100. I'm using these at work and at home without
> > any problem whatsoever. Also several D-Link DFE-570TX are up for
> > sale. There's even a DFE-580TX for 45 pounds.
>
> I'm so wary now that I looked at the ebay offerings and realised that
> I hadn't a clue which would be supported under Debian 3.0r2 (and I'm
> wary of going to testing or compiling a higher kernel as there have
> been a number of kernel upgrades on security fixes recently ...)
>
> Do you know if these (D-link 570 or 580) are supported with the basic
> Debian stable?? If so, I'm off to place bids!
Yep, these use the tulip module, and the Matrox uses the eepro100.
You might want to enable the CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL option for the
tulip; it sometimes has issues with high packet loads (but this option
is only available in 2.4.x kernels).
Thanks,
Ardo
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