Re: cheap NICs

[Stephen Lee <sl@example.com>]

"Scott Robbins" <scottro@example.com> wrote:
> "Hector Akamine" <akamine@example.com> wrote:
> >
> > How good is the support for "cheap" network cards in linux? We plan to
> > buy a new PC, and initially thought to use a 3COM card, but with cards
> > with less than one-third of the price (Corega, Netgear, Planex, I/O Data)
> 
> RH7.1 detected the FA311 as well, but some other distros didn't.  It's
> getting harder to find the 310 as Netgear pushes the 311.

I tried to use the 311 under Debian, but couldn't get the driver from
netgear to compile.  Finally got it to work with the built-in driver in
kernel 2.4.  Performance-wise it seems fine, though I haven't stressed it
much.

Stephen