Subject: Re: LinkSys Ethernet cards.
To: George Sollish <gsollish@mail.gisco.net>
From: benjamin p. myers <s1dative@exnet.iastate.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/10/2000 12:00:46
I wish i had some semblance of an idea whether or not it'd help at all for
BSD. you can get it for linux at:
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/tulip.c
and
http://www.linksys.com/www.linksys/solution/nos/linux%5Flne100tx.htm#module
will tell you how to compile for linux. Wish i could be of more help for bsd.
At 11:39 AM 1/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > > I would recommend to contact Linksys tech support for a solution or
> > > a closer description of the bios setting changes needed.
> >
> > The web page that you quoted from doesn't raise my confidence in their
> > customer support. (^&
>
>I've been following this with some amusement to see if anyone else had
>better luck with their tech 'support' than I have. Last fall I bought one
>of their cards for our linux server and politely asked which chipset it
>used. After three days they responded with 'we don't support linux'.
>There's a reason their cards are cheap. Its time to move on to a more
>interested vendor ...
>
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