I actually did this today... I replaced my old bnc/twisted pair SMC card with a 10/100 Switchable SMC which has the 21040 DEC chipset on it (tulip driver). We are using a 100 Mbit hub and have noticed a great deal speed increase with it. It seems as if the only thing that slows me down are my scsi harddrives when downloading large files!
They still use the same drivers for the corresponding chipsets. In my case I didn't have to even recompile my kernel because the DEC 21040 and the 21041 use the same driver. I hope you have the same success and pleasure as I. Dennis On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Richard L Shepherd wrote: > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:08:06 +1200 (NZST) > From: Richard L Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc > Subject: 100 Mbit Ethernet > Resent-Date: 18 Jun 1997 02:06:11 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient.list.not.shown:;@lists.debian.org > > This is just a quickie, and I'm sure it's an easy one too: > > Does Linux support any/all 100 Mbit capable ethernet cards? i.e. is it > possible to use 100 Mbit ethernet with Linux? > > I have no such machines (though I have some that drive 100 Mbit capable > cards at 10 Mb, since that's what the nets they're on are at). I'm just > checking to make sure there are 100 Mb drivers too... > > Please reply by email... > > 8<--------------------------------------->8 > Richard Shepherd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 8<--------------------------------------->8 > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > ==================================================================== + dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + work : 517.353.8892 + + Systems Undergrad + pager: 517.222.5875 + + Division of Engineering Computing Services + Quote me + ==================================================================== -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
