Very Computer

  Sitting in front of me on my desk are two boxes with cheapo ne2k
`compatible' cards. And because I know various makes/models of these
beasts may or may not work properly with Linux, I'd like to hear if
by any chance anyone might have some experience (good or bad) with
either of these.

  Number one is from a company calling itself `4-lan', and has a
Winbond chipset (well, apparently it's just a single chip) marked
`W89C940F' and `746AE273906102'. The card itself seems to be lacking
any specific model name, on the box it simply says `High Performance
Lan Adapter...' I see.

  The other one is called PCI-NET/32, from Lantech, with a RMC(?) chip
marked `RTL8029AS', `7B132T1', and `747C TAIWAN'.

  I'll be able to return one or both of these, depending upon which one
works, but I'd like to save myself the hassle of trying out both, so
I'd be very grateful if anyone has any recommendations which to take
and which to stay away from (apart from a general `stay away from PCI
ne2k compatibles, period'...). TIA!

--
Cheers, Tilman
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`We have art, in order that we may not perish from the truth.'
                                    -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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>   Number one is from a company calling itself `4-lan', and has a
> Winbond chipset (well, apparently it's just a single chip) marked
> `W89C940F' and `746AE273906102'. The card itself seems to be lacking
> any specific model name, on the box it simply says `High Performance
> Lan Adapter...' I see.

HTH,
Thomas

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-        Thomas Zajic aka ZlatkO ThE GoDFatheR, Vienna/Austria        -

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