Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk> writes:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 11:18:01AM -0700, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
>> One word of caution, don't be too disappointed if a modern NIC doesn't
>> work in that very old mobo.  My first x86 computer, a PPRO-150 on in
>> an Intel VS440FX mobo ...
>
> Does that motherboard have 64Bit and/or 66MHz PCI slots?

That was the dirt-cheap end of the Intel mobo line.  33Mhz / 32 bit
pci and a few ISA.

>> ... doesn't recognize a Linksys EG-1032 (a $25 Gigabit NIC pci card).
>
> That's why you shouldn't buy RealTek network cards. ;-)

I don't think the chips on that are Realtek.  That was supposed to be
a good card. "sk" and "Marvel".

    skc0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: irq 5
    skc0: interrupt moderation is 0 us
    skc0: SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter rev. (0x1)
    sk0 at skc0 port A: Ethernet address 00:0c:41:eb:ae:b9
    makphy0 at sk0 phy 0: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 3
    makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto

You want to hear the really ironic part?  The only card I had that the
machine liked was a "free" realtek card I got from my ISP when I
signed up for DSL.  I never did want to put that card in any machine I
cared about. ;-)

-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht                http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/