Re: [Sheflug] Re: Cable internet access: BlueYonder

["Perry Ismangil" <nospam [at] acm.org>]

> Dear All
> 
> Matt Fairtlough wrote:
> > 
> > Netgear 100 Base 10 ethernet card (and suggest a price of around £25) which I
> > presume will fit into a standard PCI slot?

Don't go for that! Way too expensive. I got mine, brand new from 
the computer fair for £10. Basically the majority of cheap cards out 
there uses realtek chipset, both 10Mbps and 10/100Mbps type. 
You can tell if you open the box, look at the chips and if you saw 
the 'crab' logo, go for it. Just make sure it's PCI (ISA is not worth it 
anymore). It is well supported in Linux, and certainly RedHat 
recognized automatically during bootup, and also offered to 
configure it, click 'DHCP' and you're done!

Incidentally 10Mbps and 10/100Mbps are priced the same, so if 
you don't have any use for coaxial cabling/BNC (which 10/100 
doesn't have) just take the 10/100.

> erm....  not used one of these before.  So, can I ask, does an NE2000
> PCI card work just as well ?  Don't like to spend lots on hardware
> unless someone asks me to.

Yup, all existing cards that work under Linux works just as well.


Regards,

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Perry Ismangil
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