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Re: Network doesn't work



Mitch Blevins wrote:
> 
> The newer NetGear cards ship with a floppy that contains their
> own version of tulip.c which is not necessarily the same tulip.c
> that is included in your kernel tarball.
> 
> Replace the tulip.c in the kernel tree with the one included on
> the floppy and recompile, reboot, etc.
> Maybe that will work.
> 
> -Mitch

Are these decent NICs? I'm planning a home network, and I saw NetGear
cards for about $30 US each. I read that Linux was one of the supported
OSes, and read on their website that they had their own tulip drivers.
I've heard a lot of recommendation for tulip-based NICs.

TIA
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