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Re: Ethernet card



On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Ira Abramov wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Alexander Indenbaum wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I'd like to get recomendations regarding good and reliable
> > ehternet card which works well with Linux.
> > Price is probably not a question here, reliability is.
> > 
> > We already tried Intel EtherPro and some 3Com  with same success:
> > Server works for a while ( hours till weeks )  and than paniced and or
> > freezed with error messages about ethernet card.
> 
> a. try a new revision of 3COM, I had some problems with older 509 cards
> even under other OSs.

don't try the new 905s. I'd recommend the 595 model. I've had a very good
experience with these cards. Actually, I plan to break the uptime record
on a machine using that card (two of it, actually). :)

Shachar Tal
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