Network Card suggestions revisited Was: Re: [K12OSN] This $5 motherboard and processor - good for K12LTSP?

Tue Feb 24 05:20:11 UTC 2004

I asked about network cards a while back.
   https://www.redhat.com/archives/k12osn/2004-January/msg00015.html
The response (Thanks) was that it is worth getting a card that is better 
that the bottom end. The 3Com cards were one of the suggestions.

Is there any data on how much better a 3Com or Intel or ? card is than 
the bottom end?

Gary

Terrell Prude', Jr. wrote:

> Don't know anything about those mobos, but all the mini-mobos I've seen 
> have a PCI slot in 'em. These days, I see a lot of computers with 
> built-in NICs, and I virtually always throw in a 3Com 3C905 card (we've 
> pretty much standardized on those, so we have lots) in there just for 
> consistency, even though I know it already has one built-in. This way, I 
> need *one* boot floppy type. Helps when one goes bad, or a boot floppy 
> "disappears", etc.
> 
> --TP
> 
> Sean Flynn wrote:
> 
>> I put a Win98SE system together yeterday using this motherboard and it 
>> works great. I can try testing it out as an XTerm but I'm not sure 
>> which bootrom to use for the embedded NIC device. Seems it would 
>> defeat the purpose if you can't use the on board NIC and sound.
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: "Terrell Prude', Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
>> Reply-To: k12osn at redhat.com
>> To: k12osn at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] This $5 motherboard and processor - good for 
>> K12LTSP?
>> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:15:16 -0500
>>
>> Yes, you can indeed run them fanless, but your heatsink should be 
>> pretty huge, and you should have at least minimal airflow through the 
>> case. The 1GHz version uses about 12W full-tilt, and, of course, they 
>> wouldn´t be running at full-tilt in thin-client mode. They are not 
>> really geared to go up against the Pentium III or Celeron desktop 
>> chips; their market is laptops and other low-power applications, kind 
>> of like Transmeta. That said, their oomph/watt ratio is really 
>> impressive.
>>
>> http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20020605/index.html
>>
>> This thing´s actually got enough oomph to make a decent stand-alone 
>> box. Remembering that a Pentium-133 is already overkill for an Xterm, 
>> these would be way over the top for the horsepower we would need, all 
>> the while not sucking up all the building´s power. Useful for places 
>> like California. :-)
>>
>> --TP
>>
>> Crouse-K12LTSP6088 at mailblocks.com wrote:
>>
>>> How about a 1.3GHz C3 board+chip combo with integrated sound, 
>>> network, and
>>> video for $5 after rebate?
>>>
>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?Edpno=146907 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> FROM THE PAGE ABOVE :
>>> PRICE:
>>> $59.99
>>> LESS REBATE:
>>> - $54.99
>>> FINAL PRICE:
>>> $5.00*
>>> Compare at: $89.99 Save $84.99
>>>
>>> Quantity
>>>
>>> Usually ships within 7 - 14 Days
>>>
>>> *Price after a $54.99 mail-in rebate. Expires on 02/28/2004.
>>> Rebate limited to 1 per household.
>>>
>>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/Rebates/PDFs/s452-1001,1002,2000-feb.pdf 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> shows you have 30 days from the DATE OF PUCHASE to get it postmarked.
>>>
>>> -------------------------------
>>>
>>> Here are some numbers taken from Sandra, CPU airthmetic benchmark
>>>
>>> VIA C3 1GHz 64L2: ALU 1229 MIPS, FPU 352 MFLOPS.
>>> Intel Celeron 600MHz 128L2: ALU 1620 MIPS, FPU 804 MFLOPS.
>>>
>>> --------- supposed to be able to run it fanless ??? Not an overly 
>>> impressive processor....but for $5 :)
>>>
>>> Just thought I'd post it in case anyone wanted to try it out....... 
>>> or maybe we could have a rebatefest and 30 or 40 of us order them for 
>>> one school ??? I'd donate $5 :) Just a thought.
>>>
>>> Dave Crouse
>>> www.usalug.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
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