>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Trebisky <tom@aspc15.as.arizona.edu> writes:

Tom> My inclination is to send it back and insist on the 3c590.

Tom> ..... or ..... is there a better choice of ethernet card??

	According to BSDI, the 3c590 has a subtle bug that will mangle
packets in it's 10Mb mode.  They advise to check your Solaris machines
because Solaris (in particular) leaves UDP checksumming off by default
--- and this can cause corruption in NFS filesystems when talking to a
10 Mb 3c590.

	I have had very good results with the DEC-based cards.  SMC
EtherPower is my current choice.

Dave.

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