[plug] Linux Network Support

[Craig Foster]

Kingmax NICs! Urgh!! Had lots of them timeout using the linux drivers of
yore (18 mths back)
I'd recommend anything with a Intel 2114x or DEC 2114x chip. (Intel bought
DEC's good old "tulip" chips :)
I'd also recommend NetGear FA-310TX for a named tulip card (DEC 21140
chip).
(that's if J.Mills can keep open unlike EdSys round the corner - Do'h!
:P )

As for switches? If you don't know the specifics any switch will do you.
It's only when you know you need +2Gbps backplane, automatic chatter
and/or speed partitioning, VLANing, or matrix-backplane expansion and lots
of other wizz-bang fruit that you'll need to seriously research a switch.

In other words... The kingmax is the one I have at home. leeching @ lan
parties is about as much work as it gets :)

Regards,

Craig Foster

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trevor Phillips [mailto:T.Phillips at murdoch.edu.au]
> Sent: Friday, 14 December 2001 12:47 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Linux Network Support
>
>
> I'm looking at upgrading my Networking, and my Linux gateway has a
> 10Mbps card, and I want to upgrade it to 100Mbps. There's a cheapo
> Kingmax/Bromax NIC 10/100, but I can't find any tech info
> on it. Does
> anyone know what chipset it has (and if it's supported by Linux)?
>
> Similarly with a Netcomm 10/100. Anyone used it?
>
> On a related topic, I'm also looking at 10/100 switches
> (preferrably 16
> port). Again, the Kingmax comes in cheaper, but with hard
> to track down
> stats, so anyone with experience who can fill me in would be good!!
> (Basically, are they "cheap", or are they "inexpensive"...)
>
> --
> . Trevor Phillips             -
> http://jurai.murdoch.edu.au/ .
> : CWIS Systems Administrator     -
> T.Phillips at murdoch.edu.au :
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