I have a 3com 3c900combo, and I know a person with the 3c905, and even
with the driver, the cards will simply not "go". Is yours an older card
or something?? Do you have any suggestions?? I think the problem is mine
seems to be plug and pray (no hope for me if that's true)
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On Sat, 3 May 1997, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 12:53:11 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Chris Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Selecting a pci ethernet card.
> Resent-Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 13:54:26 -0400
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> We use a 3com 3c905TX 10/100 Mbps PCI card, and it performs quite well,
> thanks to Donald Becker's wonderful drivers. I believe it uses the
> "3c590 Vortex" driver in the kernel. I had no problems installing
> Debian 1.2 on the machine straight out of the box. We've never had any
> errors or strange behavior.
>
> On the other hand, I have heard of problems with the Intel cards. That
> may be due to many manufacturers bundling them with systems, and thus
> there are more of them out there .. I have no personal experience with
> them.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 3 May 1997, Chris Brown wrote:
>
> :
> : Very shortly I need to get an order in for new server parts one
> :of the things that I haven't dealt with before is pci bus ethernet
> :cards. Which cards and drivers are the most stable and which the
> :best performing? Most reliable is probably more important.
> :
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