Re: [TCLUG:11328] connect to network without ethernet?

[Thomas Veldhouse <veldy@visi.com>]

The newer driver you download is still the tulip driver.  It is modified
for Linksys.  It is marked as version 0.90h.  The kernel only support
0.89.  I am sure support will be eventually merged.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@visi.com

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Adam Maloney wrote:

> $.02:
> 
> I've had some problems with some of the linksys cards.  The first
> LNE100TX's were great, they used the dec tulip, they are very nice.  I
> ordered a bunch more for some servers, and the ones I got were still
> LNE100TX, but used a different chip. I had to download a driver from
> linksys' website to support the "new" version of the card.  There have
> been 3 different versions now.  I'm not as happy with the non-tulip
> ones, but once you get the driver they work.  Of course a newer kernel
> may have support built-in now.  I was installing slack-4 from CD.
> 
> Nate Carlson wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Scott wrote:
> > 
> > >      Instead of picking up a $6 nic of questionable virtue
> > > off ebay, and having to wait an undeterminable amount of
> > > time, go to best buy, compusa, or hardware shop of your
> > > choice and get the $30 version of Linksys' EtherFast 10/100
> > > (LNE100TX).  It's cheap, it's PCI (no dicking with isapnp),
> > > the kernel comes with drivers for it, and Linksys even
> > > attempts to support Linux on their site.  It's what I put in
> > > the server this mail is coming from, was basically just a
> > > matter of dropping it in and inserting the module.
> > >
> > 
> > Why go Linksys for $30 when you can get a Netgear card for $25 (or $20
> > mailorder)? I have never had any trouble at all with the Netgears; just
> > uses the standard tulip module and stuff..
> > 
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> Adam Maloney
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