Re: Suggestions for an easy-to-setup 10/100 net card?
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 10:17:14AM -0600, Keith G. Murphy wrote:
> Bryan Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > I'm a newbie asking for help as to which network
> > card to buy that will "just be seen" by a standard
> > Debian 2.2.17 install. I've tried a Netgear FA312
> > and a Linksys LNE100TX rev. 4.1, but neither seems
> > to be easy to set up. I did try getting the "tulip"
> > driver from scyld.com, but it seems to require munging
> > to compile and use. I'm willing to spend money to get a
> > card that will either just "be seen" and set up by
> > the default install, or else at most need to have
> > one of the standard optional modules chosen that
> > are offered early in the Debian install.
Missed the original note...
My only purchase of a card has been an SMC 1211TX EZCard 10/100. Uses the
8139too driver directly. Works with no problems, no fuss, no mess...
Can't say whether the driver is part of a standard kernel image, though.
$12 (?) at Compusa.
Kenward
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