> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenn Humborg [mailto:kenn at bluetree.ie]
> > But that raises the question -- there have been a few
> dodgy-looking really
> > cheap ethernet cards around, made by Trust, Genius and the
> usual suspects.
> > Has anyone here tried them under Linux? Are they
> Winethernet cards ;) or
> > just cheapie NE2000 clones that'll work fine?
>> I've used the Genius ones. (Well, they're probably the same
> ones...) Mine were RTL8219 PCI NE2000 clones. Not the
> best card around, but they're so cheap... Simply enable
> PCI NE2000 in the kernel or use the ne2k-pci.o module.
>Yeugh.. ne2K is evil... use a real network card (beware netgear FA310TX,
you have to get a particular revision for it to work, it now uses the liteon
clone tulip chip, and I couldn't get it to work) that doesn't gobble cpu
and generally annoy the machine... I like the Intel EEpro or 3C905B/C...
expensive though
(about 50 IEP - 70 IEP depending on how many you get)
L.
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