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- From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Which EtherNet to buy?
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <714839454snx@crynwr.com>
- References: <1992Aug25.234410.29946@colorado.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 14:30:54 GMT
- Organization: Crynwr Software
- Lines: 22
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- In article <1992Aug25.234410.29946@colorado.edu> drew@caesar.cs.colorado.edu writes:
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- In article <4eae7nu00aw=0JTEkk@andrew.cmu.edu> Court Demas <cd2a+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >I'm looking to buy an ethernet card, and I was wondering if anybody has
- >a suggestion as to a particular one to get. I just don't want to buy
- >something that is not going to work under Linux. Have any ethernet
- >drivers been written yet?
-
- Yes, only the WD8003 is supported.
-
- >A card here at the computer star is 'SMC' or something and is pretty
- >cheep (around $200)..
-
- 1. It isn't supported.
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- SMC purchased WD's Ethernet business. SMC == WD.
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- 2. $200 for an ethernet board is twice what cheap is. I've seen generic
- boards for ~$100 at swaps and mail order.
-
- Yes, you can get WD and NE1000/2000 clones for less.
-
- -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> I'm proud to be a humble Quaker!
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