Re: RT Linux

paul@... wrote:

> I really like the Linksys 10/100 PCI EtherFast that uses a variant of the
> DEC Tulip chip. Very fast. Very dependable and now it looks like they're
> around $29. We put these in all of our networks; haven't had a failure
> in 3 years. Works great with Linux as well as Windows.
>
> In one instance, we ended up replacing some noname cards that had been
> OEM'd in the PCs with Linksys. There were causing very wierd errors
> with one customer program. Really hard to track down. Now we just
> make sure everything has the Linksys card.

I don't know about the Linksys brand, but I have several Linux machines
running with cards containing the DEC Tulip chip, and they work reliably
and perform well. I've stayed with 10-Base-T so far, it is SO MUCH
FASTER than my modem, I really don't care that it takes 5 seconds to
copy the entire EMC installation file from one machine to the other
(as opposed to 40 minutes or so at 33.6KB).

Jon