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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!epicycle.lm.com!not-for-mail From: ka3ffy@telerama.lm.com Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: ethernet cards (3COM?) Date: 12 Dec 1994 03:30:56 -0500 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3ch1o0$8ja@epicycle.lm.com> References: <3cgprj$iaq@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: epicycle.lm.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Mark D. Spiller (mds@rich.EECS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: > Hi - > I was wondering if anyone out there could give a recommendation > on a good, FAST, reliable ethernet card that I could get up > and running quickly on my 486/66? I took a quick skim through > the faq, and saw that there were quite a few supported, but > would like to get some first hand experiences from the net... > I was considering the 3COM 3C503 16 bit... But was wondering, > how does it compare to the 509? ( I noticed that lots of people > in the newsgroup had trouble with that one...) > Thanks for any info! > Mark D. Spiller > mds@ic.eecs.berkeley.edu get a very erasy one like the NE2000 16bit or clone of a NE2000. just make sure that it is novell certified. -- kevin gaudi ka3ffy@telerama.lm.com