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From: fgm@osinet.fr (Frederic G. MARAND)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 100 BT ethernet card. Which one is better?
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 06:44:17 GMT
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jin@gracie.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG]) wrote:
>Within Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B, Novell NE2000, SMC EtherPower 10/100
>(Model 9332), and 3C590, which one is easy to use and has less problems?
The NE2000 clones (National Semiconductor, Microdyne) are usually the
easiet to use, and the NS versions were sturdy, but definitely not
strong performers. And anyway, they are 10BASET ISA cards, not
100BASETX ones.