On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 02:09, Adam Majer wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 09:14:35PM -0500, Andrew Hurt wrote: > > Greetings. > > > > Going to be getting DSL, soon, and I just don't know what make/model of > > ethernet card I should get. > > > > PCI is a given, but I need something that goes well with >=2.4.19 kernels > > and Debian 3.0 > > > > I've heard Intel and 3-Com, but . . . . > > Just get the cheapest card you can get. Like those NE2000 PCI clones > from D-Link (I think they have a BNC on them also and can only do > 10MBps but) what the hey, if you are only using it for the modem :) > You will most likely not get DSL faster than that anyway. > > 3Com cards like 3c59x are great but are an overkill just to connect > to a modem. > > - Adam On one level, I would concur - I run the D-Link NE2000 PCI clone card on my DSL interface, and it was bloody cheap and thoroughly reliable. That said, the NE2000 spec is the *minimum* to work with Novell needs, and was never *really* meant to be implemented as a usable card, according to various documentation I have read. D-Link wasn't the first to put out these cards, and it proved reliable from the other vendors. It does the job, but leave a post-it note in your mind that if there is anything fancy you want to do with that interface in the future, this card may not be up to that. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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