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- From: bill@cognet.ucla.edu (William M. Eldridge)
- Subject: Re: looking for CHEAP Mac ethernet cards
- Message-ID: <bill.722133613@castor>
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- Organization: UCLA Cognitive Science Research Program
- References: <1992Nov13.221842.20130@tamsun.tamu.edu> <13NOV199223272795@comb1.comb.umd.edu> <1e9p7fINNhrb@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <BxwCAH.2JH@utdallas.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:40:13 GMT
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- >>I installed some Asante LC ethernet cards with the 4.0 driver that shipped
- >>with them. I had several occasions where they just locked the machine up
- >>and flooded the ethernet with traffic. I verified this by looking at the
- >>activity light on another machine. I ftp'd the 4.1 drivers and installed
- >>them and have had a lot less problems since and haven't flooded the network
- >>with traffic once :-). They seem to be working fine now. I've only had a
- >>couple of lockups since and I'm not sure that the cards are at fault for
- >>those.
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- >I would try using the Apple drivers instead of the Asante drivers
- >(yes, they work.) The Asante drivers have some conflicts with MacTCP
- >that the Apple drivers don't.
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- Asante pretty well acknowledged their problems with the LC, and
- did seem to be responsive in getting out new drivers (even giving
- out an ftp site where you can download it).
-
- Where can I get the Apple drivers? Do these work with Nuvotech
- cards as well?
-
- Bill
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