Re: Suggestions for an easy-to-setup 10/100 net card?
I have very good experiences with the Realtek (8139) chipset which works
without any parameters (PCI) with the module installation at bootup, very
easy to setup.
Hanno
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith G. Murphy <keithmur@mindspring.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Suggestions for an easy-to-setup 10/100 net card?
> mike polniak wrote:
> >
> > Jeff Weatherford 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.
> >
> > Have done half a dozen Debian installs with D-Link DFE-530TX+
> > and all kernels from 2.16 up recognize the card. It uses rtl8139 or
> > rtl8139.tOO drivers. Standard module for 2.2.17 is rtl8139.
> > Kernel 2.2.18 has both modules set.
> > This card is fast and inexpensive. I have never had any problems
> > installing it with Linux.
> >
> I have had good luck with the Linksys LNE2000 (Ether16 Lan), which works
> seamlessly with the ne2000 driver, once you take it out of PnP mode. It
> is still being sold (by McGlen, at least), but it is an ISA card that
> only does 10M.
>
>
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