<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Yes the problem I have is with my 3c905-TX card which is revision A. If Kudzu is on at boot time the card does not initialize (though it worked great from RH 7-9). I have quite a few posts in bugzilla about it and workarounds. The issue has not been resolved yet with Kudzu and I wanted another card that I could use the machine for NAT/Firewall for my network. I bought a new Realtek 8139C chipset based card. It has a one year warranty. Works like a charm not bad for $6 US J. Thanks for everyone’s input.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Dan<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-test-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of marcos colome Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 10:58 AM To: fedora-test-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Well supported, reliable NICs for Redhat Linux/Fedora?<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> I have not had any kind of problems with 3COM, D-Link or Realtek, they all do the same job even if the cost is $15.00 or $300.00 as long as they are 10/100 they work fine with<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> any Linux, even the Asustek or Nvidia 3Com works fine with me. The new Intel<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> 10/100/1000 are more expensive and the transmission is 10/100 only until now. There<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> are a lot of technologies in the market that we do not need, they just complicate our <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> life more, it is like SATA hard drives, I prefer SCSI hard drives. Some 3 com 905 network<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> card they boot by itself in some types of motherboards, I have inserted it on a 64bit pci<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> slot and it works fine, on an NVidia chipset motherboard it wont boot by itself, but it<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> will boot on an SIS chipset motherboard. In some motherboard it makes cycle, but they<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> are very good and there are always drivers for them. Eric Barnes <ebarnes@rationalsystemsupport.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> Someone on the fedora-list has the same problem. Something to do with kudzu I think. Look in that list instead of this test-list. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. On 11/16/03 7:40 AM, "Iain Rae" <IAINR@ZATHRAS.ORG>wrote: > Klaasjan Brand wrote: > >> On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 05:27, DanG wrote: >> >> >>> Hi folks, >>> Can I get some people9s recommendations on PCI/PNP network >>> cards that run very stable under Linux 2.4. I hear the Intel 10/100 >>> eepro based cards are good but are a little more costly. What about >>> D-Link, Realtek, Linksys etc for $10-15 cards. I am only looking for >>> 10/100 Mbit cards. Do not even begin to recommend 3com 905 based cards >>> which is the cause of my headaches currently with Fedora J. >>> >>> >> >> I'm currently using a 3c905 (rev b, combo version) with fedora without >> any problems. I'm wondering what "headaches" it's causing you. >> >> > see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98767 > > > basically the cards lock up when kudzu is run during the boot process > and the machine has to be power-cycled to get them back into a working > condition. It seems to be limited to the 905, the B's and C's seem to > work fine, also the 905's themselves seem to work fine with the 2.6 kernel. > > > > > I've kind of worked round the problem, my work has just thrown out a > bunch of PC's with 905b's in them and I retrieved the cards from the > dustbin, > > >> The Realtek cards are ok, but a bit broken by design (the driver works >> around that, but don't be surprised when your! logs show "hanging >> transceiver reset" or other vague messages. >> > > AFAICR they're not very high performance cards either. > > >> I've had no problems with >> Intel and Digital cards. >> >> Klaasjan >> >> >> >> -- >> fedora-test-list mailing list >> fedora-test-list@redhat.com >> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list >> >> > > > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@redhat.com > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > > -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>