I Have always used 3Com Cards with Linux, In every box I have used one it has worked just fine straight away, it seams 3Com cards give me the least hassle of any that I have tried.
HTH
D
--- "Ashley T. Howes" ashley@blueskyresearch.net wrote:
Final question for today :)
I am planning to purchase a 3com ethernet card for my Linux box (Athlon 650
- PCI card required). I know some of you have bought 3com cards in
the past and was wondering what the best option was for Linux support.
I have tended to use NE2000 compatible cards in the past, but recently heard that they put more load on the CPU than they are supposed to. So I thought a change to 3com would be best. Any pros or cons I should be aware of in using 3com ethernet cards with Linux?
Thanks again for your help.
Ashley
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I have a Netgeat FA310TX (10/100Mb)which worked straight out the box. Justr remember to alter /etc/conf.modules.
The line should read. alias eth0 tulip.o
Or if you're feeling lazy you could use linuxconf.
As for getting rid of the boot loader, boot from a dos disk and type fdisk /mbr
HTH
Chris
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-----Original Message----- From: alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk [mailto:alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk]On Behalf Of David Freeman Sent: 10 December 2000 10:41 To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Subject: Re: [Alug] 3com ethernet cards
I Have always used 3Com Cards with Linux, In every box I have used one it has worked just fine straight away, it seams 3Com cards give me the least hassle of any that I have tried.
HTH
D
--- "Ashley T. Howes" ashley@blueskyresearch.net wrote:
Final question for today :)
I am planning to purchase a 3com ethernet card for my Linux box (Athlon 650
- PCI card required). I know some of you have bought 3com cards in
the past and was wondering what the best option was for Linux support.
I have tended to use NE2000 compatible cards in the past, but recently heard that they put more load on the CPU than they are supposed to. So I thought a change to 3com would be best. Any pros or cons I should be aware of in using 3com ethernet cards with Linux?
Thanks again for your help.
Ashley
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"When he sees the dream he seeks, he will sleep"
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