RE: Good NIC selection?

["Jim" <jim.elliott@virgin.net>]

Hi,

 

I have just installed a REALTEK RTL8029 using the ne2k-pci driver with no problems.

 

Here is my /proc/pci showing the settings used, but I believe that the IRQ varies with the PCI slot used.

 

PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: Intel 82437VX Triton II (rev 2).
      Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
    ISA bridge: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 ISA (rev 1).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  No bursts. 
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
    IDE interface: Intel 82371SB PIIX3 IDE (rev 0).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  Latency=32. 
      I/O at 0xf000 [0xf001].
  Bus  0, device  11, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 11. 
      I/O at 0x6100 [0x6101].
  Bus  0, device  13, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems Unknown device (rev 11).
      Vendor id=1039. Device id=6326.
      Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=2.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0800000 [0xe0800000].
      I/O at 0x6200 [0x6201].

Hope this helps

 

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: DSC Lithuania [mailto:dscpubl@silute.omnitel.net]
Sent: 17 January 2001 18:49
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Good NIC selection?

Hi,

 

    We have a windows network and I'm trying to set up a Linux intranet email-server. 

 

    Right now, we have in the computer a COMPEX RL2000A-PnP card.  Since there

are no jumpers or switches, I think that it is probably automatically Plug-N-Play, which

may be a problem.  But maybe not.  If anyone knows which driver and which settings

are appropriate, I'd like to know.  I am aware that the IO address is supposed to be $200-$2B0,

but I've never gotten the card to work on a non-Win95 system.

 

    But all is not lost.  We do have other cards available.  If anyone recognizes a card and

remembers some of the settings (and/or jumper settings), I'd like to know that too.  Other

cards we have include: 

 

NE2000-Compatible with Win95 Settings 0, Int 3, IO #300-31F

NE2000-Compatible with Win95 Settings "Current Config", int #11, #300-31F

3COM Etherlink XL COMBO 10 MB  with all settings "Not Present"

REALTEK RTL8029 with no user settings

NE2000-Compatible with no user settings

IBM Ethernet Adapter (PnP Mode) set to Auto, Not Present, Not Present

 

Anything look possible here?  If you see one, I can swap the cards and bypass the problem.

 

 

    - Michael Rudmin