[Techtalk] Module question

[Conor Daly]

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 09:57:11AM -0700 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
Dave North thought:
> On Tue, 7 May 2002, BUNTER MATTHEW wrote:
> > I found out that the module is ne2000.o
> 
> Uh oh. You may have some complications there. The ne2K is a weird offshoot
> of NIC design and there are several driver issues associated with it (it's
> basically sorta like a winmodem, or more accurately a novellnic. I have
> one I *never* got to work under any circumstances, which is kind of
> sad because it's the only thing that works in my old zenith notebook).
> 	The point is, just because it works in one linux environment
> doesn't mean it will work in another, and failure of configurations
> becomes much more complicated.
> 	For something of a run-down and problems you might confront (and
> some solutions) consider perusing:
> 	http://www.scyld.com/network/ne2k-pci.html
> 
> I'm not saying the ne2k _won't_ work, but I am saying it will make
> diagnostic problems a bit more complicated. If the opportunity presents
> itself, old tulip cards can be had cheaply (but are hard to identify).
> 	Currently I'm a 3com 3c905 fan, simply because they are easy to
> identify and work everywhere. But they cost more, of course...
> 	I wonder: what's the hot deal on good linux NICs these days?
> Anybody?

According to dmesg, I'm using a "RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet" card.
EUR13 from www.marxcomputers.com uses module 8139too.o and was detected at
boot under RH7.2.  /etc/modules.conf contains:

# Network Card
alias eth0 8139too 
omarx computers is based in Ireland so shipping to large countries around
the world might be that little bit expensive!

Conor
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