Subject: RE: Tulip NIC list?
From: Stefan Schneider (stefan.schneider@comsat.com.ve)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 08:30:31 MDT
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 11:45:33PM -0400, rgp systems wrote:
>
> > Netgear 10/100
> > LinkSys 10/100
>
> Generally, yes.
>
LinkSys tends to work better but NetGear cards are way better in terms of
performance (Once you get them working right)
> > DLink
>
> Nope, rtl834 or something like that.
>
> > SMC
>
> Nope, if it's under the brand of SMC still, its an SMC chip and the driver
> probably isn't endian-happy.
>
> > Intel
>
> Nope, but the driver might be endian happy.
>
Intel NE2K driver is endian independent (Go figure huh?)
> > Asanté
>
> Generally, yes.
>
> > 3-Com
>
> No, but 3c59x (the driver that covers most new 3com PCI NICs) is endian
safe.
> I've got a 3c905B in my G4, and I tried out a 905C a while back.
>
As a rule of thumb all 3COM, Intel, AMD and Tulip cards are endian safe,
case in point, the RS/6000 port. The B50 uses a PCNet32 compatible
controller (also compatibel with the Dec net cards) and both are endian
safe. I have besides my RS pool a couple of macs at home (Which I bought to
run mkLinux on them) and have both Intel derivative and NetGear cards, they
both work although I had to trick the NetGear into Tulip compatibility more.
Hope this helps
Stefan
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