*nods* 3com for that reason :-)

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Jonathan Furrer
jonny@jofu.com
http://www.jofu.com/

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Mark Peoples wrote:

> I couldn't agree with you more.
> 
> I've grown accustomed to 3Com hardware. Except for routers and csu/dsu's,
> every nic, switch, etc etc I get is 3Com.
> 
> You hit the reason on the head too...the driver support. I'm always sticking
> a new o/s on one of my boxes each weeks it seems. Each o/s sees the card
> fine.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barnett, Blake [mailto:bbarnett@bloodsystems.org]
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 4:12 PM
> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject: RE: DSL question from a newbie
> 
> 
> I think that 3com or Intel cards are the way to go for both OSes.  The
> driver maturity is much better on these two brands than most others out
> there.  As for 10 or 100mbit, usually you can get a dual auto-sensing nic
> for about 25-40 bux.  I wouldn't pay more than $50 for a card on a home
> network.
> 
> *  Blake
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter M. Williams [mailto:PeterWilliams@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 4:02 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: DSL question from a newbie
> 
> 
> O.K., I've called around and found a deal with @home for my cable internet
> service (IDSL is all that is available in my area).  Now a question about
> Ethernet cards....I don't have one!  Looking at the prices, there seems to
> be an incredible range.  Keeping in mind that I'm new to this world, what is
> the best price/performance on a card that will support Linux?  Also, my lady
> uses windows on her computer.  Will there be any problems hooking up both
> computers if I use Linux?
> 
> Thanks for all the responses,
> Pete
> 
> 
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